CORRECTION:In an item in this column on Monday last entitled "Trinity College -v- Ifut" it was stated that "Ifut has asked us to point out the Labour Court found 'no existing exit provisions applied' in the case, which was referred to in a previous article, "Legal Opinion', by Mary Redmond.
The Labour Court ruling in favour of the Trinity College employees did not address the issue of existing exit provisions and did not make a finding on this issue.
The ruling stated: “The court finds that the claimants’ individual employment history, for reasons specific to each of them individually, entitles each of them to rely on the commitment set out in Clause 1.6 of the Public Service Agreement 2010-2014.”
The Court recommended that the claimants be reinstated in their respective posts and any issues managed through redeployment or redundancy.
Climb for Temple Street
On Saturday last about 60 members of the Mayo Solicitors Bar Association climbed Croagh Patrick (the Reek) for Temple Street Children’s Hospital. Those not up to the effort joined the climbers for a barbeque afterwards.
Deadline for submissions
The Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality has extended the deadline for receipt of written submissions from interested groups or individuals in relation to the Heads of the Criminal Justice (Corruption) Bill and the Review of Legislation on Prostitution. The closing date for receipt of submissions is now Tuesday, August 31st at 5pm.
The committee will consider the written submissions it receives and may decide to invite a number of contributors to public hearings should it feel that this is necessary. Written submissions should be sent to the clerk to the committee at justiceanddefence@oir.ie.
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