Labour Court rejects worker’s appeal over Nui Galway professorship process

The Labour Court upheld the Adjudication Officer’s recommendation and rejected a worker’s appeal over Nui Galway’s decision not to appoint him to a personal professorship. The Court’s decision was dated 5 December 2023. The worker argued that comments on his assessment sheet were blank and that no member of the promotion or appeal boards had expertise in his field. Nui Galway said it followed the agreed scheme and that he could apply under a newer one. The Court found the scheme did not require a board member from the applicant’s field, and noted the union had agreed to the appeal board’s membership. It said the blank comments were not best practice but were not fatal to the process, and found no failure to follow the agreed procedure.