The Labour Court declined to investigate a worker’s employment dispute against a healthcare provider, finding that the claimant was not a “worker” for the purpose of the Industrial Relations Acts and that the matter did not meet the statutory definition of a trade dispute. The Court signed its recommendation on 24 September 2009. It said the claimant had not been an active member of the workforce for many years, while acknowledging that the circumstances were harrowing and the claimant bore no responsibility for what occurred.