Labour Court confirms Arunis Muningus’s redundancy entitlement after employer’s appeal

The Labour Court varied the Adjudication Officer’s decision and confirmed that Arunis Muningus was entitled to statutory redundancy pay after the appeal by Michael Moore, trading as Leinster Cleaning Services. The determination was dated 24 June 2019. Muningus had worked full-time as a caretaker before being laid off when the cleaning contract ended. The employer argued that it had offered him suitable alternative work at another location; Muningus said the move would considerably increase his travel time. The Court found the employer’s letter did not clearly assure him of at least 13 weeks’ work without further lay-off, and its attempted counter-notice was unsuccessful. The redundancy payment is to be calculated using weekly gross pay of €436.80.