Labour Court upholds rejection of Bus Eireann driver's working-time appeal

The Labour Court upheld the rejection of Liam McShane's working-time complaint against Bus Eireann, finding that the 10-hour limit is not measured only from midnight to midnight. Its determination was signed on 12 September 2022. McShane's complaint concerned four occasions in 2020 when he argued that Bus Eireann breached working-time protections by asking him to drive a bus. He said the 10-hour limit should be assessed in midnight-to-midnight periods. Bus Eireann argued that each 24-hour period begins after a daily or weekly rest period. The Court rejected the argument that a 24-hour period must run from midnight to midnight. Bus Eireann conceded that McShane was owed payment for hours worked on one occasion when he was assigned other duties. The appeal failed and the original decision that the complaint was not well founded was upheld.