Labour Court backs company’s grading interpretation at Thurles Station

The Labour Court recommended that Iarnrod Eireann’s interpretation of the Thurles Station grading agreement be accepted, with two individuals appointed at grade 2 as a one-off arrangement. The recommendation was dated 11 February 2010. The Services Industrial Professional Technical Union argued that the Station Operative 2 grade should apply to current and future staff at Thurles Station and sought to retain local travel-time terms. The company said the grading agreement applied to existing staff and that company-wide zoning arrangements replaced the local travel-time terms. The Court also found that the company’s 2008 travel-time offer superseded the local arrangement at Thurles Station.