Landmark ruling gives teacher a full-time job [indpendent.ie]
- Published: 13 May 2009
Source: indpendent.ie
By Katherine Donnelly
Wednesday May 13 2009
A teacher whose working hours were cut before a new contract was introduced has won a landmark case, effectively giving her a permanent full-time job, writes Katherine Donnelly.
Her Sligo-based solicitor, Garrett McDermot, said the case could have implications for other teachers.
The Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland (ASTI) has already initiated a number of similar claims based on the Rights Commissioner ruling.
The teacher from a Co Galway secondary school has won the right to a contract for over 21 hours per week -- equivalent to a full-time position -- rather than 14 hours, 15 minutes to which she had been reduced.
She claims her hours were drastically cut in 2003, the year legislation giving new rights to non-permanent workers was introduced. The Rights Commissioner said the claim was well-founded, and dismissed a counter argument that the teacher's claim was filed late.
- Katherine Donnelly
