Labour Court recommends staff protections and return option in lottery transfer

The Labour Court recommended steps on staff protections and return options after the National Lottery licence transfer. The recommendation was dated 7 February 2014. The dispute involved An Post / Department of Public Expenditure & Reform and An Post Group of Unions. The Court said staff rights, including security of tenure, would carry forward to Premier Lotteries Ireland. It recommended that APNLC seek expressions of interest from permanently seconded An Post staff wishing to return, while An Post sought matching expressions from staff wishing to transfer permanently to APNLC and ultimately to Premier Lotteries Ireland. If enough applications matched, those wishing to transfer back should be facilitated; the arrangement should remain open for no longer than two weeks after acceptance.