Labour Court recommends pay talks at Students Union -National University of Ireland Galway

The Labour Court recommended that Students Union -National University Of Ireland Galway and Services Industrial Professional Technical Union discuss an arrangement on pay claims, with talks completed by the end of November 2006. The recommendation was signed on 25 September 2006. Five union members sought benchmarking payments and increments, saying pay parity with comparable university clerical grades had not been maintained. Management said the Students Union’s financial position prevented it from paying benchmarking awards. It indicated it would pay the outstanding increase due under Sustaining Progress, while the benchmarking and increment claims remained. The Court noted that some contractual commitments tied pay to comparable university scales, but that the Students Union’s financial position impeded meeting them.