Labour Court says Beaumont Hospital should not enforce worker’s incremental-credit clause

The Labour Court recommended on 9 May 2017 that Beaumont Hospital should not strictly enforce a clause giving a worker incremental credit for previous experience. The hospital said the clause was included in error and conflicted with a national agreement. The Court criticised management’s handling of the matter, but said the contract had to be viewed in the context of that agreement. It recommended that any settlement reached in planned national talks on incremental credit should apply to the worker under the settlement’s terms.