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Labour Court recommends pay rises and revised leave at Covidien Athlone

By Tadhg O'Sullivan

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The Labour Court recommended a revised pay and leave package for Covidien Athlone and the Services Industrial Professional Technical Union in a recommendation signed on 25 June 2014. It proposed three 1.5% increases, effective from 1 April 2013, 1 April 2014 and 1 April 2015, with the final increase applying for 12 months. The Court also recommended annual leave of 20 days for employees with up to five years’ service, 21 days for five to 10 years, and 22 days for 10 to 15 or more years, from 1 January 2015. Anniversary leave, gifts and service dinners were to end from 31 December 2014. The revised proposal was to be accepted by both parties, presented jointly to members and put to a vote.

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