This appeal to the Labour Court was taken by SIPTU on behalf of the Complainant following a recommendation from an Adjudication Officer that instead of a pensionable increase in pay, the Complainant be awarded €2,500 in final settlement of the matter.  Click here for a review of the AO recommendation.   The Complainant's dispute in the initial claim concerned the application of an agreement on the point of retirement. The background to this dispute arises from a company restructuring in 1996 when certain promotional positions for painters were eliminated. At the time it was acknowledged that the role of painter was unlikely to change sufficiently into the future to meet the criteria for Craft Grade ‘C’ status.

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