Labour Court recommends five weeks' pay per service year in Doyle Concrete/Steelite redundancy terms

The Labour Court recommended that employees made redundant at Doyle Concrete/Steelite receive a lump sum equal to five weeks' pay per year of service, inclusive of statutory terms. The recommendation was dated 2 February 2006. The dispute with Services Industrial Professional Technical Union also covered redundancy selection, reduced pay rates and restructuring. The Court recommended voluntary redundancy first, followed by compulsory redundancy selected on a last-in, first-out basis if too few employees volunteered; it recommended the same selection basis for layoffs. The company said former rates had been restored and gave an assurance to the Court. The Court recommended that this assurance be put in writing and that the union be kept informed about plans to resume production and restructuring talks.