Labour Court finds Kavanagh Crane Hire not bound by construction agreement

The Labour Court found the Services Industrial Professional Technical Union's complaint against Kavanagh Crane Hire Limited was not well founded in a decision signed on 24 January 2013. The union said the agreement's pay, country money, overtime and holiday pay terms applied to 22 employees doing construction work. The company said its main business was hiring cranes and operators, and that it complied with the agreement when working as a subcontractor on construction sites. The Court found Kavanagh Crane Hire was a subcontractor, not a building or civil engineering firm. It said the agreement placed responsibility on building and civil engineering firms to ensure their subcontractors complied with its terms.