Labour Court rejects worker's claim for same breaks as colleagues at Beaumont Hospital

The Labour Court did not recommend concessions on a worker's claim for the same break period as her colleagues at Beaumont Hospital. The recommendation was signed on 4 September 2013. The worker said the hospital could not provide a copy of a 2001 agreement and treated her differently from colleagues. Beaumont Hospital said her breaks followed her contract and complied with working-time law. The Court found that an unwritten collective agreement governed breaks, with different terms for staff hired before and after 2001, and that the worker's breaks matched the agreement and her start date.