Striking Gama construction workers have voted in favour of settlement terms recommended by the Labour Court this afternoon.
The Labour Court recommended that the workers should receive €8,000 per year of service in respect of alleged underpayments of overtime.
In a three-page recommendation issued this afternoon, the Labour Court said that the payments would be in full and final discharge of the workers' claims for overtime.
No worker would receive less than €2,000 and the court has also awarded each worker an ex gratia payment of one month's salary on completion of their contracts here in Ireland.
For the average worker with 17 months' service, the award would amount to more than €13,000.
The deal applies to approximately 80 Turkish workers who have been on strike at Gama Construction Ireland for the last seven weeks.
The Labour Court also recommended that in future Gama should comply with legislative requirements regarding pay slips, time recording and rates of pay.
SIPTU said the deal represented a pragmatic solution for the workers to bring an end to their fight for justice.
Gama management has said it is seriously considering the recommendations. It said it will seek clarification on the recommendations and will then revert to the Court and the unions.
