SK Biotek Ireland ltd on Watery Ln, Swords, Co Dublin. Image: Google Streetview SK Biotek Ireland ltd on Watery Ln, Swords, Co Dublin. Image: Google Streetview A DISPUTE BETWEEN a pharmaceutical company’s management and trade unions has resulted in 150 employees being “temporarily” laid off with immediate effect.
“In a gesture of goodwill to the company, last Saturday our members suspended industrial action which began in October. In response the company has, in effect, locked them out of their workplace,” he said, calling it “completely unacceptable behaviour”. As a result of these developments, the company had no option but to issue Protective Notice to employees in the impacted areas, with temporary layoffs commencing from Wednesday 13 November. The term “Protective Notice” is used by employers to communicate to employees that it expects people to be made redundant at a certain stage unless there is a change in circumstances.
“Our members were forced into taking industrial action as a last resort because of the intransigence of management which has refused to attend conciliation conferences at the Workplace Relations Commission in breach of the collective agreement.”
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