Amy Ahearne wins redundancy entitlement after salon closure

The Workplace Relations Commission found Amy Ahearne entitled to statutory redundancy pay after her salon closed, while finding her minimum-notice complaint was brought outside the time limit and was not well founded; the merits were not decided. The WRC decision was dated 11 May 2023. Ahearne worked as a hair stylist for Gareth Martin and Marina Hayes, trading as Confession Box, until the salon closed in May 2021. The respondents said their accountant had submitted the redundancy claim and payment was expected in the following weeks. The adjudicator accepted that Ahearne had pursued payment in good faith and declared her entitled to the statutory lump sum, subject to insurable employment. The decision gives gross weekly pay as €370, but does not state the lump-sum amount.