WRC disallows Declan Griffin’s redundancy-payment appeal as out of time

The Workplace Relations Commission disallowed Declan Griffin’s redundancy-payment complaint because it was lodged outside the statutory time limit. The merits were not decided. The decision was dated 19 January 2024. Griffin worked as a manager in Amerocon Ltd. (In Liquidation).’s newsagent from 1996 until his redundancy in November 2018, earning a gross weekly wage of €590. He lodged his WRC complaint in January 2022, seeking a redundancy payment. He asked the WRC to calculate the deadline from the Department of Social Protection’s decision in August 2021 that he was ineligible for payment. The adjudicator found the complaint was filed 62 weeks after the extended 104-week limit. Griffin had held a 50% share in the company, was a director and paid S1 PRSI contributions, but the adjudicator said it was unnecessary to decide his eligibility for redundancy payments.