Court recommends phased 6% pay rise

The Labour Court has recommended that global eyehealth company Bausch + Lomb award its 900 Siptu workers a phased 6% pay increase.

The US multinational employs 1,100 at its Waterford base, and the Labour Court has recommended that the payment of the 6% through three separate pay increases be made on condition of co-operation from the workforce on normal ongoing change at the plant.

Siptu sectoral organiser for the pharma-medical device chemical sector, Alan O’Leary, said yesterday that its members at the plant are to be balloted on the recommendation with the outcome expected to be known by the end of this week.