WRC awards Daniel Duggan €5,000 over procedurally unfair dismissal

The Workplace Relations Commission found IC Plus Ltd's dismissal of Daniel Duggan procedurally unfair and awarded him €5,000 compensation. In a decision dated 13 August 2021, the adjudicator found the redundancy itself was genuine but the process was unfair. The company said a pandemic-related downturn led to a genuine redundancy after consultation. Duggan argued that alternatives, including part-time work, were not properly considered. The adjudicator found no meaningful examination of alternatives and said the company should have passed Duggan's appeal to the financial controller after he sent it to the warehouse manager. An offered technical role was found unsuitable. The adjudicator found the bullying grievance did not influence the redundancy decision.