WRC disallows Tony Jordan’s redundancy claim as statute barred

The Workplace Relations Commission disallowed Tony Jordan’s claim for a statutory redundancy payment against Merit Epos Systems Ltd (in liquidation), finding it was statute barred. The WRC decision was dated 17 October 2024. Jordan said he had delayed referring the claim while waiting for a response from the liquidator. The respondent argued that he had filed too late and was not entitled to a redundancy payment because he had secured work with a related company. The adjudication officer found that Jordan had not established reasonable cause for missing the deadline, and disallowed the complaint. The merits of whether he was entitled to redundancy pay were not decided. No award was recorded.