GPO staff lose claim for clock-in pay rise

An Post workers at the GPO in Dublin asked for a pay increase because they said it took them longer to clock-in under a new online system.

Workers with the Public Service Executive Union lodged the claim for a 2% pay increase “in recognition of the estimated 30 to 45 additional minutes per week that potentially it will take employees to clock in and out under the new system”. However, their claim was rejected.

The union told the Labour Court that An Post’s proposed new online attendance recording system at the GPO should be viewed as major change for a significant number of its members.