ubiquitous said:They are continually forced to abandon sailings even on mildly windy days.
ubiquitous, it's true (for crew, not shore staff.).the average Irish Ferries staff member works something between 21 to 23 weeks a year, while being paid for 52 weeks.
I think the primary culprit is the Swift sailings service. I've noticed that the service is routinely cancelled due to "maintenance".
No, it suggests they're not competitive and need to cut costs. There's no great profit margin in passenger ferries, otherwise you'd have some low-cost operator come-in and steal all the business.That suggests to me that they're more than a little overpriced.
MugsGame said:The Swift is a catermaran-type ferry. It can't sail in mildly-rough conditions, but the slower ferry can. Stena have the same problem with their equivalent high-speed vessel. I don't think there's anything more to it than that. As for maintenance, at least it's a better excuse than "the late arrival of an oncoming train" or "leaves on the tracks" !
daltonr said:We blame businesses for being "Unethical".
daltonr said:Perhaps Berties real concern here is that when it's all over he'll have to explain to people how he presided over a government that ended up having to subsidise this Hire and Fire swindle to the tune of 60%.
Not an easy thing to explain when you've already had to pay for a Nursing home screw up and an E-Voting screwup.
I suspect (a) that Bertie is wide enough to have calculated the odds on this — 'though I'd love to be proved wrong! and (b) that the voting public's memory, sadly, is short enough for all/most traces of this to have been wiped out by the SSIA feelgood factor, 'tween now and the elections.decani said:I wasn't even aware that the govt helped out with the redundancy payments.
I think Govt sources indicated that the Attorney General has confirmed that the Irish Ferries actions do not constitute redundancies under the terms of our definitions, so they won't be eligible for the rebates. More importantly for the employees, any payments they recieve will be taxable.ronan_d_john said:However, the manner in which they are doing this is actually unethical, and possibly, were someone to argue the case, illegal.
From what I can find, in Ireland, redundancy is defined as "when a job ceases to exist and the employee is not replaced".
This is not what is happening with Irish Ferries. However, by applying the term redundancy to what they are actually doing, "buying out job contracts" (which I have no problem with anyone doing, if they call a spade a spade", Irish Ferries are taking advantage of the Irish taxpayer by getting back 60% from the government of the "redundancy payments" they are making.
From - The employer's claim for rebate of 60% of the lump sum should be made to the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment on form R.P.3 (accompanied by copies of the Redundancy Certificates on forms R.P.2). Rebates are paid out of the Social Insurance Fund.
So, essentially, Irish Ferries are buying out job contracts with a 60% subsidy from the State, with the sole aim of decreasing wage costs - while making a profit on the transaction as well, at our expense.
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