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Roadbridge workers get orders bringing severance pay up to Irish rates

Summary

Five former Roadbridge construction workers have been awarded a combined €60,000 to bring their UK severance pay up to Irish rates following the collapse of the company last year. The workers, including senior managers and foremen with decades of service, were also awarded between six and eight weeks' wages as notice pay. The workers had transferred from Roadbridge Ireland Ltd to a UK-registered entity and claimed their redundancy entitlements should be calculated using the Irish system rather than the British one. Siptu official Deirdre Canty stated that the workers were paid a much smaller severance package than they were due, as their redundancy entitlements were calculated using the British system. The adjudicating officer, Pat Brady, noted that the Redundancy Payments Act 1967 allows for redundancy payments in cases where a worker is made redundant while working abroad.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Roadbridge workers get orders bringing severance pay up to Irish rates. Procedural stage: hearing_or_decision

When:

• 28 March Other
• 2023-02-10 Publication

Why: " She said that orders would have to be made against the firm in order to claim against the state's social insurance fund. CNI source report

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Stage Hearing Or Decision

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