Council staff in dispute over ‘acting payments’

Staff in South Dublin County Council have begun industrial action after management withdrew "acting payments" from a number of staff.

According to Impact trade union, which represents the workers, the council has taken the payments from 13 staff so far and announced plans to do the same to a further 150 employees.

It says the staff concerned have been carrying out extra work with additional responsibilities — some of them for as long as 12 years — for which they have been getting an extra ‘acting’ payment.