RESULT EXPECTED IN SEPTEMBER IN ATHENRY WESTERN ALZHEIMERS PAY DISPUTE
Date Published: 27-Jul-2012
A result from the Rights Commissioner is expected in September over an ongoing pay dispute at the Western Alzheimers Centre in Athenry.
21 care assistants at the facility are calling for a reversal of a four percent cut to their hourly rate.
The matter first came before a Rights Commissioner appointed by the Labour Relations Commission in February when the initial hearing took place.
A further hearing is schedule to take place in Oranmore at the beginning of September for three staff who were not present for the February meeting.
The Commission is then expected to issue recommendations to all the impacted employees.
The CEO of Western Alzheimers John Grant says the cuts, which were taken across the board, were the only way to prevent job losses.