WRC rejects Claire Curran’s redundancy appeal after finding service transferred

The Workplace Relations Commission did not uphold Claire Curran’s statutory redundancy appeal in a decision dated 28 February 2024. It found her employment and service transferred to a successor operator, so she was not dismissed on redundancy grounds by Ajpc Retail Limited T/A Costcutter(in liquidation). Curran said her employment ended in January 2023 and sought redundancy based on service dating from 2016. The former employer argued the successor operator was responsible for any payment. The WRC found the same business reopened under the new operator without a break in service; her earlier service formed part of the transfer.