Labour Court recommends enhanced redundancy terms for Dromalour workers

The Labour Court recommended that Dromalour Plastics pay seven workers facing redundancy 2.5 weeks’ average pay per year of service, plus statutory entitlement. The recommendation was signed on 26 October 2010. The company said its plant in Mallow, Co Cork, would close in November 2010, with two workers and plant and machinery transferring to a sister plant at Whites Cross. Services Industrial Professional Technical Union sought enhanced terms, arguing the workers should be treated like those affected by earlier restructuring and would face limited alternative employment opportunities. The company said it could not afford the union’s demand amid economic difficulties.