Company defends compulsory ‘golf’ holiday for staff

THE Liebherr company in Killarney has claimed it is not breaching any agreement by obliging employees to take two days’ holidays during the four-day 3 Irish Open Golf Championship in the Kerry town.

Company defends compulsory ‘golf’ holiday for staff

Members of SIPTU and the TEEU have voted to protest on the first day of the Open on July 29 against the compulsory holidays, which arise from a decision by the company to make its car park available to patrons attending the tournament.

But Liebherr’s human resources manager Lorna Leen said car parking was not the “core issue”.

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