Labour Court recommends enhanced voluntary redundancy terms at Polyglass

The Labour Court recommended voluntary redundancies at Polyglass Limited be compensated at 2.5 weeks' pay per year of service, in addition to statutory entitlements, capped at two years' pay. It signed the recommendation on 28 November 2005. Polyglass employed 30 staff and sought five voluntary redundancies. The Services Industrial Professional Technical Union rejected the company's proposal of statutory terms plus 1.5 weeks' pay per service year, capped at 1.5 years' salary. The recommendation dealt only with severance terms. The Court said the parties should resume talks on the other post-redundancy issues, and noted the company's perilous trading position.