Labour Court recommends reinstatement for Trinity College workers in redundancy dispute

The Labour Court recommended that Trinity College reinstate workers whose externally funded posts were at risk after funding ended. In its recommendation signed on 30 April 2012, the Court said their employment histories entitled them to rely on the Public Service Agreement’s commitment on compulsory redundancy. The Court recommended managing related issues through the agreement’s flexibility, redeployment and retraining provisions, or through a voluntary redundancy scheme. Trinity College said the posts depended on continuing external funding; IFUT said the workers’ contracts of indefinite duration were protected by the agreement.