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Pub who offered barman of 21 years part-time restaurant work ordered to pay redundancy
Summary
The Hole in the Wall pub in north Dublin has been ordered to pay €26,000 in redundancy compensation to a former barman, Ian O'Donovan, after a ruling that he was within his rights to refuse redeployment to part-time restaurant work during the pandemic. O'Donovan, who had over 21 years of service with the pub, was made redundant in July 2020. During a redundancy meeting, his trade union representative was ejected before the company proposed offering him two eight-hour shifts per week at €15 an hour, which he rejected. The Workplace Relations Commission upheld his complaint under the Redundancy Payments Act 1967, finding that the pub's offer did not constitute suitable alternative employment. The commission ruled that O'Donovan acted reasonably in refusing the offer and ordered the payment of statutory redundancy, calculated at two weeks' pay per year of service, capped at €600 per week, plus an additional week.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Pub who offered barman of 21 years part-time restaurant work ordered to pay redundancy. Procedural stage: hearing_or_decision
When:
- January 1999 Other
- July 2020 Other
- 7 July Other
- September 2020 Adjournment
- July 2021 Adjournment
- 7 January 1999 Other
- 3 July 2020 Other
- 2022-03-07 Publication
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