Labour Court recommends IBM Ireland pay worker €2,000 over grievance delay

The Labour Court recommended that IBM Ireland acknowledge an unjustified delay in handling a worker’s grievance and pay him €2,000 compensation. The recommendation was signed on 31 July 2015. The worker said he had been led to expect a promotion and was kept in his role while part of the business transferred. IBM Ireland said he was ineligible to apply for internal jobs because his role was included in the transfer, and that it investigated his grievance under company procedures. The Court did not find the company acted improperly in considering the transfer when making the appointment, but found an unjustified delay in addressing the grievance.