Gerard Service wins redundancy and notice claims against Tionscala Gpe Teoranta

The Workplace Relations Commission upheld Gerard Service’s redundancy and minimum notice complaints against Tionscala Gpe Teoranta, trading as GPE Industries. It ordered the employer to pay a further week’s pay and found Service entitled to statutory redundancy based on gross weekly pay of €936, subject to insurable employment. The decision was dated 17 October 2023. Service worked on a specified purpose contract for an Intel project that ended in October 2022. The employer said the project had concluded, one week’s notice was given and a €2,500 payment had been made as a bonus or goodwill gesture. The WRC found his COVID and parental leave absences did not break his service, which exceeded two years, and that the project’s completion created a redundancy situation. It also found he was entitled to two weeks’ notice, so a further week’s pay was due.