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Fri 07 Jul 2006Jurys hotel casual staff lose court case over service chargesA group of more than 50 casual employees in Jurys Ballsbridge Hotel, Dublin, has had a claim over service charges dismissed on the grounds that industrial relations problems were not a matter for the courts.Mr Justice Paul Butler said yesterday the employees were "casual work" employees of Jurys Hotel Group engaged on a function-to-function basis. They were guaranteed to be paid for at least five hours work.