Labour Court recommends Roscommon council pay workers 70% of payroll losses

The Labour Court recommended that Roscommon County Council pay workers 70% of losses incurred after removing them from the payroll for refusing breathing apparatus recertification training. The recommendation was signed on 6 November 2012. The Services Industrial Professional Technical Union said the Council should have waited for national discussions. The Council argued the workers had to cooperate with the training. The Court found both sides culpable. Management could have deferred the course after an agreement reached through the Labour Relations Commission, while the workers should have attended under protest. It noted they remained available for call-outs while off the payroll.