WRC finds Kevin McCrave’s unfair dismissal and employment terms complaints not well founded; overtime complaint out of time

The Workplace Relations Commission found Kevin McCrave’s unfair dismissal complaints against Murphy International Limited Murphy Process Engineering not well founded. Adjudication Officer Jim Dolan accepted that commissioning work had ended and the company had no suitable alternative role for him. The decision was dated 31 March 2022. McCrave said the redundancy process was not properly explained and alleged that a contractor had been brought in to undermine or replace him. The company said the project had ended and no suitable alternative work was available. His employment terms complaint was also found not well founded because the company had issued an updated statement in January 2018. His overtime complaint, concerning work between 2011 and 2016, was dismissed as outside the time limit; the merits were not decided.