Labour Court recommends Georgia Pacific Ireland concede union pay claim

The Labour Court recommended that Georgia Pacific Ireland concede the Services Industrial Professional Technical Union's claim for administrative and supervisory staff to be covered by national pay agreements. It said the agreements should apply because there was no formally agreed alternative arrangement for determining pay. The company said staff had been paid more than they would have received under the national agreements and had annual salary reviews. The union argued that no alternative pay arrangement had been formally agreed.