WRC disallows electrician's statutory redundancy appeal

The Workplace Relations Commission disallowed Ruairí Doyle's appeal against Jack Fitzgerald Electrical's refusal to pay statutory redundancy. The decision was dated 22 November 2022. Doyle said he understood a September 2020 letter to mean he had been made redundant after being laid off during Covid restrictions. The employer said he remained on lay-off and was offered his job back in 2021. The officer found there was no support for a redundancy before Doyle's complaint and accepted that his post had not been made redundant. Covid-related suspension of redundancy claim provisions covered the dates on which he sought payment.