SIPTU clashes with charity in staffing row

SIPTU and a leading charity clashed last night over claims the charity was delaying giving permanent status to temporary staff with long service.

SIPTU claimed the Brothers of Charity has refused to implement a rights commissioner’s recommendations to make 65 staff at its Lota facility in Cork permanent despite some of the staff having up to 12 years’ service on temporary contracts.

But the charity, one of the country’s largest providers of services for people with an intellectual disability, rejected the claims.