Labour Court recommends talks on future voluntary redundancy at Priority Drilling

The Labour Court recommended that Priority Drilling Ltd and the Services Industrial Professional Technical Union engage if a redundancy situation arises in future, rather than setting voluntary redundancy terms in advance. The recommendation was dated 15 January 2016. The union sought agreed terms, citing the nature of the business and established arrangements in the mining industry. Priority Drilling said it had no voluntary redundancy scheme and that no redundancies were planned. The Court said it was inappropriate to recommend terms for a possible future situation whose circumstances were unknown. It recommended that the parties address the matter when and if a redundancy situation arises, taking account of the circumstances then in place.