Labour Court recommends 3.5% pay adjustment for Slaney Foods workers

The Labour Court recommended that Slaney Foods International Limited Trading As Slaney Foods pay covered workers the 3.5% adjustment under the Towards 2016 Transitional National Agreement from 1 April 2009. The recommendation was signed on 9 July 2012. The dispute concerned the agreement’s second and third phases for general operative grades at the company’s abattoir, boning hall, chillroom and dispatch area. The Services Industrial Professional Technical Union said workers had cooperated with the agreement and the company had declined talks. The employer did not attend the hearing, and the union had agreed to be bound by the Court’s recommendation. The Court also recommended that the parties resolve the third-phase issue in line with arrangements in the sector generally.