Labour Court recommends P Elliott & Co. match earlier redundancy terms

The Labour Court recommended that workers made redundant by P Elliott & Co. have their severance calculated in the same way as another group made redundant in late 2008. The recommendation was signed on 21 August 2009. The Building And Allied Trades Union had sought enhanced redundancy terms, opportunities to transfer beyond the greater Dublin area and direct employment for bricklaying work being done by subcontractors. The company said a downturn had made redundancies necessary and offered statutory redundancy terms. The Court said a genuine redundancy situation existed and that the union should accept this. It recommended matching the earlier group's severance calculation, as confirmed in the company's letter to workers dated 16 October 2008.