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Parnells GAA club must pay workers thousands in redundancy
Summary
The Parnells GAA club was ordered by the Workplace Relations Commission to pay statutory redundancy lump sums to two former clubhouse workers, Michelle O'Carroll and Graham Coventry, who had been laid off in March 2020 and remained unemployed for two years. The club had claimed financial difficulties when it closed during the Covid‑19 pandemic and had not reopened by August 2020. O'Carroll and Coventry sought redundancy on the basis of their long layoff, citing the club's failure to provide a reopening date and the lack of funds. The WRC awarded redundancy payments calculated on five years of service for Coventry and ten years for O'Carroll. Separate complaints about holiday entitlements and pay were dismissed because the forms were submitted after the statutory deadline. No club representative attended the hearings, and the adjudicators ruled that the club was on notice and would be pursued for payment if it failed to comply.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Parnells GAA club must pay workers thousands in redundancy. Procedural stage: hearing_or_decision
When:
- March 2020 Other
- August 2020 Other
- April 2022 Other
- 2023-06-29 Publication
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