Staff at a Government-run golf course have finally won their two-year battle to receive holiday pay and pension contributions.The four staff at the Ocean View Golf Course — who have almost 30 years of work experience between them — were previously employed on the course through a private company which had a concession to part-operate the facility.The former Government scrapped that arrangement at the beginning of 2011, but kept the staff on with assurances that they would receive the same benefits they had enjoyed under their former employer — which included a pension scheme, and holiday and sickness pay as full-timer employees.But, in May 2011, the Board of Trustees of Golf Courses, which is appointed by Government to run Bermuda’s two public courses, notified the four men — two groundsmen, a golf shop assistant and a general assistant — that they would be working under new terms as “temporary staff” and did not qualify for certain benefits.A $5-per-hour pay cut was immediately implemented and pension contributions were discontinued.The men were also told that they would no longer be entitled to vacation pay or pay for time taken off through illness.The four workers went public with their complaint in April of this year — one month after a new Board had been appointed by the newly-elected One Bermuda Alliance Government.A Government spokesman at that time told The Royal Gazette that there was “an outstanding matter” involving staff at the club, and that the issue was under review.And one staff member has now confirmed that all four workers have been reinstated as full-time employees entitled to a pension and holiday pay.“We have managed to get everything sorted out with the help of the new Board of Trustees,” the staff member, who asked not to be named, said.Back in 2011 we weren’t even getting any holiday pay, which was illegal. But we sat down with the new board, worked together and came to an agreement.“To be honest, they don’t have a whole lot of money to be reimbursing all the back pay, but the important thing is we are now back as full-time employees. We’re now regular employees with regular benefits, which is what we were asking for from the beginning.”Under the 2000 Employment Act, companies must provide a mandatory ten days of paid vacation and eight days of paid sick leave a year to staff employed for at least a year.Employers are also obligated by law to set up pension plans for staff.