Labour Court recommends renewed conciliation in Element Six shift dispute

The Labour Court recommended that Element Six and the Services Industrial Professional Technical Union return to conciliation over the company's introduction of a 24/7 shift system. The Court said the collective dispute was not suited to this referral route and urged a full effort to resolve it. The union said an agreed 24/5 system had been replaced unilaterally and that changes should be agreed. Element Six said flexibility was important to its sustainability and that 24/7 working had been a feature of the site since the 1990s. The recommendation was signed on 20 April 2015.