Labour Court recommends Grade 8 point four for qualifying HSE staff

The Labour Court recommended that HSE staff who had not yet gained the relevant qualification could progress to point four of the Grade 8 scale. The recommendation, dated 20 June 2013, followed a dispute with the Irish Municipal, Public and Civil Trade Union about the HSE Internal Audit Directorate structure. The Court accepted that the recruitment moratorium and FEMPI legislation prevented HSE from applying the requested increments in this case, and said any national-level resolution should apply to affected employees. On General Manager vacancies, it recommended that the parties discuss filling the posts after the current Grade 8 recruitment process, with the option to return to the Court if they could not agree.