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Laid-off egg plant workers to get redundancy after reversing employer's liquidation
Summary
Three former workers at an egg production facility in County Galway have secured redundancy payments following a Workplace Relations Commission ruling, two years after their initial claims were rejected due to the company's dissolution. Ronan McGrath, Brendan Eifert and Mark Hughes had sought redundancy entitlements from Galway Free Range Eggs Ltd after losing employment in early 2020. Their original complaints could not proceed when the company was struck from the register. The men subsequently obtained a Dublin Circuit Court order in April 2021 to restore the company, enabling their claims to progress. Adjudicating officer Catherine Byrne upheld their complaints under the Redundancy Payments Act this week, finding their employment had been genuinely redundant. Mr McGrath, who managed the egg packing plant in Cregmore, had over nineteen years' service, while Mr Hughes and Mr Eifert had served approximately seventeen and twelve years respectively. The largest lump sum is understood to exceed €20,000. Their solicitor noted the case raised wider concerns about employees unable to afford similar legal action.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Laid-off egg plant workers to get redundancy after reversing employer's liquidation. Procedural stage: hearing_or_decision
When:
- December 2019 Other
- 20 March 2020 Other
- February 2020 Hearing Or Sentence
- April 2021 Hearing Or Sentence
- March 2018 Hearing Or Sentence
- 2018 to 2020 Other
- 2022-04-26 Publication
Why: Two years ago, the Commission informed the men their claims could not go forward for adjudication because the company had been dissolved. CNI source report
Places mentioned
- Dublin
- Dublin Circuit Court
- The Circuit Court
Topics
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