Labour Court recommends pay parity for Greenore Ferry Services casual workers

In 2008, the Labour Court recommended raising Greenore Ferry Services Limited casual workers’ basic hourly rate to match permanent staff from 1 November, without changing overtime premiums. The recommendation was signed on 12 November 2008. The Services Industrial Professional Technical Union had sought pay parity, skills payments for using port equipment and a retainer. The Court recommended that casual crane operators receive the existing crane skills payment, but did not recommend extending skills payments to other workers or paying a retainer. The union had rejected the company’s earlier pay offer, which tied parity to changes in overtime arrangements.