Labour Court recommends talks on Cork Plastics bonus scheme

The Labour Court recommended immediate discussions between Cork Plastics Ltd. and the Services Industrial Professional Technical Union (SIPTU) over the company's bonus scheme. The recommendation was dated 3 May 2007. The union said the scheme departed from earlier proposals, including how performance was measured. The company said it was intended to be a group scheme and that tonnage was the fairest measure. The Court said the parties disagreed over the original terms and workers did not fully understand how performance and bonus results were calculated. It recommended discussions involving industrial engineers, with attention to fair and transparent operation within the original terms. If no agreement was reached within three months, the matter could be referred back to the Court.