Luas firm to dock a day’s pay for four-hour work stoppages

Siptu has claimed that Luas operator Transdev is turning four-hour stoppages into 14-hour stoppages by refusing to pay drivers for whole shifts on the days in question.

Transdev managing director Gerry Madden has written to the drivers’ union reminding it that, more than a month ago, he informed employees if the strikes continued, the company would have to consider other options. They would include lay-offs without pay and short-time working and/or a reduction or elimination of pay on foot of partial performance of contracts of employment.

“If these four-hour strike actions take place on May 26 and June 2, 3, and 7 and employees do not commit in writing not to engage in strike action and “work to rule” and to working their full designated shifts in advance of the dates, we will no longer accept part performance of the duties required under employees’ contracts of employment and will not pay employees at all for any shifts on which the employees are rostered in circumstances where the employees engage in strike action for any part of those shifts,” he warned.