The Labour Court recommended that St. Laurence Hotel pay £600 compensation to a first-year commis chef it found had been treated unfairly. The recommendation was signed on 23 November 1993. The Hotel said the dismissal followed a fall-off in business. The Services Industrial Professional Technical Union said the worker had left a permanent job for the Hotel and was let go after Christmas, while a commis chef who started later remained employed. The Hotel did not attend the hearing, but had told the Court it considered the dismissal fair.