Labour Court recommends benchmarking approach to Limerick County Council meal allowance claim

In 2002, the Labour Court recommended that Limerick County Council and Services Industrial Professional Technical Union follow the same approach as an earlier recommendation on a meal allowance claim for general operatives, gangers and plant operatives. General operatives received an eating-on-site allowance of €1.43 per day, while the union sought a meal allowance regardless of whether they worked with a craftperson. The Council said the existing allowance was appropriate. The recommended approach was to address the allowance anomaly through parallel benchmarking, with a possible return to the Court if the issue remained unresolved. The recommendation was signed on 27 November 2002.