Union demands for €6.6m compensation over Central Remedial Clinic closure 'not realistic' say Labour Court

The Labour Court has dismissed as "not realistic" union demands that the charity, the Central Remedial Clinic (CRC), pay out €6.6m to compensate workers for losses arising from the closure of a pension scheme at the CRC.

In a row between unions, FORSA, SIPTU and the CRC over the pension scheme closure, the Labour Court has stated that the unions’ demand for the €6.6m in so-called Bridging Payments’ is not realistic “having regard to the considerable sums previously paid by the CRC into the Defined Benefit Plan and to the CRC’s funding model”.