It is clear that the worker in the instant dispute has an extraordinary sense of entitlement and a huge sense of self-importance both in respect of the work he did on the project and the work he does as a multimedia journalist.
The Labour Court has told lawyers it is facing a "severe impact" on its operations after the Department of Public Expenditure "blocked" the reappointment of a senior official, leaving it running at one-third capacity. Legal professionals working in the area of employment law were told in a statement this afternoon that there would be "serious delays to [the court's] hearing of individual employment rights cases" and to the resolution of industrial relations disputes, starting this week.