The Labour Court recommended that three general operatives employed by the South Western Area Health Board receive 1.25 hours’ travel time and a payment of £1,500 (€1,904.61), increased from the board’s £1,000 (€1,269.74) offer. The additional travel time was to be backdated to December 1998. The recommendation, following a claim by the Services Industrial Professional Technical Union, was signed on 11 February 2002.