Labour Court recommends revised bonus terms at Elastometall

The Labour Court recommended reinstating Elastometall’s 24 September 2003 offer, amended so the summer bonus would cover all staff with more than five years’ service. The recommendation was dated 9 March 2005. The Services Industrial Professional Technical Union had pursued an increase in VHI contributions for workers with more than three years’ service and a 5% pay increase for multi-skilled workers with more than five years’ service who could train new staff. The company had proposed a guaranteed Christmas bonus, a summer bonus for staff with more than 10 years’ service and extra leave days; the union rejected those proposals. The Court recommended that the union accept the company’s offer with the change to summer bonus eligibility.