Workers to lose allowance for lifting bins in wet weather

A select group of local authority workers are set to lose the ‘rain’ allowance they have been receiving for lifting bins in wet weather.

This follows the Labour Court recommending the end of the payment to the caretakers at Dublin City Council’s Traveller accommodation section.

The workers have been receiving the payment for lifting bins in inclement weather to a collection point at the edge of the council’s Traveller accommodation sites.