Cleaner found entitled to redundancy payment after business closure

A WRC adjudication officer found a cleaner entitled to a redundancy payment after deciding her service continued until her employer’s business closed on 31 May 2016. The decision was dated 8 November 2017. The cleaner said she had worked for the company since May 2002 and had never been formally dismissed. The company largely agreed, saying her extended periods away from work followed its established practice. The adjudicator found that leave authorised by the employer did not break her continuity of service, making her eligible for redundancy pay under Department of Social Protection regulations.