Labour Court recommends four weeks’ pay for 20 workers after Dublin closure

The Labour Court recommended an ex-gratia redundancy payment equal to four weeks’ pay, inclusive of statutory redundancy already paid, for 20 workers of The H.W. Wilson Company Inc. Its recommendation was signed on 27 January 2012. The dispute followed the closure of the company’s Dublin operation after its acquisition in 2011. The workers sought four weeks’ pay per year of service in addition to statutory redundancy, citing industry practice and the company’s financial position. The company said there was no comparable industry and that it had not previously offered enhanced redundancy terms.