Labour Court recommends talks on redeployment after An Post outsourcing decision

The Labour Court recommended that the Civil and Public Service Union engage promptly with An Post on redeploying staff affected by the proposed closure of the Kilbarrack Archive and outsourcing of document storage and retrieval. The recommendation was signed on 3 November 2008. The union opposed the outsourcing and offered to help improve efficiency at Kilbarrack. An Post said it had sound business and commercial reasons for the plan and was willing to address its effects on staff. The Court said An Post had put forward sound commercial, efficiency and security reasons for outsourcing the functions.