Labour Court recommends national talks on nurses’ location allowance

The Labour Court recommended national-level talks on a location allowance claimed for nurses working at Annalee View House in Cootehill. The recommendation was dated 20 December 2021. The worker-side parties were Approximately 10 Nurses, represented by the Irish Nurses & Midwives Organisation and Psychiatric Nurses Association; the employer was HSE Cavan/Monaghan. The nurses’ side said the setting met the allowance criteria and local management had previously agreed to pay it. The employer disputed that assessment. The Court recommended that HSE Management and the unions engage at national level, particularly on how to measure whether the 75% threshold had been met.