Labour Court recommends permanent contracts for qualifying REPS planners at Teagasc

The Labour Court recommended permanent contracts for Teagasc REPS planners who qualified for contracts of indefinite duration based on their service. Teagasc said the public-service recruitment moratorium prevented renewal of the contracts; the Services Industrial Professional Technical Union and the Irish Municipal, Public and Civil Trade Union argued that the scheme was self-financing and its services remained needed. The Court referred to earlier recommendations and fixed-term work protections before issuing its recommendation on 22 June 2009.