Bridget Harrington awarded €2,324 in minimum notice case

The Workplace Relations Commission found Bridget Harrington entitled to statutory redundancy payment and awarded her €2,324 for a separate minimum notice complaint. The decision was dated 15 September 2023. Harrington worked as a retail assistant for Phillip Kane t/a Kane's Yourstop from 21 November 2007 until the shop closed in December 2022. Kane argued that the business had not transferred to him and that the redundancy claim should be made against its former owners. The officer found Kane was Harrington’s employer because he provided her contract, paid her wages and arranged statutory deductions. The officer found she qualified for statutory redundancy payment, subject to her having been in insurable employment during the relevant period. A second redundancy complaint was identified as a duplicate of the first. Harrington had received one week’s notice, but the officer found she was entitled to eight weeks. Kane was ordered to pay €2,324 for the minimum notice complaint.