Labour Court recommends union cooperate on HSE West redeployment

In 2011, the Labour Court recommended that the Psychiatric Nurses’ Association fully cooperate with HSE West’s proposed staff flexibility and redeployment at St Brigid’s Hospital in Ballinasloe. The recommendation was signed on 20 October. The union said management’s staffing proposals were flawed and sought full protection of staffing levels. HSE West said it needed cooperation with reorganisation and redeployment to use staff resources efficiently. The Court identified management’s need for flexibility and cooperation with redeployment as the central industrial-relations issue. It recommended that the union cooperate with the proposed changes.