Redundancy
# redundancy - Today’s News
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# redundancy - Tuesday 9 April, 2013
SIPTU expresses anger over ongoing case with Killarney Golf Club
Killarney Golf Club is seeking to make 24 out of 40 staff redundant.
# redundancy - Wednesday 27 March, 2013
“Crisis” as core management of Cork Film Fest made redundant
The festival’s core management and programming staff said that they don’t accept that the company is in long-term financial difficulties.
# redundancy - Friday 8 March, 2013
Seven former ‘Sunday Tribune’ journalists receive redundancy pay
The newspaper claimed that the seven writers were freelancers, but the Labour Relations Commission found otherwise.
# redundancy - Monday 18 February, 2013
BBC journalists on 24-hour strike
Staff walked out at midnight in protest at compulsory redundancies.
# redundancy - Saturday 5 January, 2013
Workers to meet union after Dublin company cuts 83 jobs
Distribution firm Johnson Brothers told its employees yesterday that 83 jobs will be lost due at its plant in west Dublin due to outsourcing.
# redundancy - Wednesday 10 October, 2012
Olhausen closes pork plants with loss of 160 jobs
The company ceased trading this morning.
# redundancy - Thursday 5 July, 2012
Lagan Brick workers seek support from Dáil over redundancy pay dispute
The 25 men have been engaged in a protest over redundancy packages since before Christmas last year.
# redundancy - Wednesday 23 May, 2012
The Daily Fix: Wednesday
Your essential round-up of today’s biggest news, plus any bits and pieces you may have missed.
# redundancy - Thursday 10 May, 2012
Ex-HW Wilson staff to protest over redundancy package
Ebsco, which bought out the company, has refused to adhere to a Labour Court recommendation on the payment.
# redundancy - Tuesday 1 May, 2012
Government to block Sinn Féin plan on multiple redundancies
Sinn Féin’s legislation would have required companies to give longer notice periods if they were laying off large numbers.
# redundancy - Saturday 28 April, 2012
Vita Cortex workers say they will escalate protest
The workers, who have been occupying the company for 135 days say they are disgusted at the rejection of resolution proposals.
# redundancy - Monday 23 April, 2012
‘Wave of goodwill’ sees two Peats electronics stores saved
The electronics chain, which had announced plans to go into liquidation, will instead trade under examinership in two outlets.
# redundancy - Wednesday 4 April, 2012
Photos: Staff at Game stores remain in limbo as sit-in continues
Staff at the 11 Game stores around the country have been holding sit-ins in a dispute over redundancy payments.
# redundancy - Monday 2 April, 2012
Peats to seek liquidator – 11 stores closed
The first Peats store was opened in 1934. Tonight, employees were told that all 11 shops in the chain will close. Staff will receive full redundancy pay and entitlements.
# redundancy - Friday 30 March, 2012
Katie Taylor to meet Vita Cortex workers
More than 100 days into their protest, the Vita Cortex workers have gained the support of another high profile figure.
# redundancy - Wednesday 28 March, 2012
“We’re resolute and ready to fight” – Game staff hold sit-ins around the country
Around 110 staff are holding sit-ins at eleven stores after the company said it was closing all its branches in Ireland – but would not be paying redundancy.
# redundancy - Monday 26 March, 2012
Game managers to meet with company tomorrow
More than 2000 jobs are to go in the company, which has more than 600 stores between the UK and Ireland. In total, 231 jobs will go on the island of Ireland.
# redundancy - Wednesday 14 March, 2012
Staff at Cork IT to strike over dismissal of catering staff
SIPTU members at CIT will strike next week over the dismissal of six catering workers “without any consultation or redundancy payments”.
# redundancy - Tuesday 13 March, 2012
Vita Cortex workers set for talks at Labour Relations Commission
Representatives of the 32 staff – whose sit-in enters its 90th day today – will attend talks at the LRC beginning today.
# redundancy - Friday 9 March, 2012
Talks to begin with Vita Cortex workers
The protesting workers are headed for the Labour Relations Commission next week – but they said management will not be attending.
# redundancy - Monday 13 February, 2012
Alex Ferguson lends support to Vita Cortex workers’ strike
The Man Utd manager phoned workers staging a sit-in over redundancy pay to support their efforts.
# redundancy - Wednesday 8 February, 2012
Investigate the Vita Cortex accounts, TD tells watchdog
Labour TD Ciarán Lynch has asked the Director of Corporate Enforcement to examine the accounts of the firm which says it cannot pay statutory redundancy to its 32 former employees.
# redundancy - Tuesday 7 February, 2012
Galway airport workers begin sit-in to ensure redundancy payments
The airport will continue to operate as normal as staff say they will continue to work during the sit-in.
# redundancy - Saturday 21 January, 2012
‘No resolution’ after Vita Cortex workers meet with management
Marathon talks between the two sides at the LRC ended last night without any agreement, the striking workers have said.
# redundancy - Wednesday 18 January, 2012
Lagan Brick workers and management accept LRC plan to end dispute
Both management and workers, represented by SIPTU, have accepted recommendations to end the four-week dispute.
# redundancy - Sunday 8 January, 2012
Union says ex-workers being ‘left in the cold’ by NAMA, banks
Lending its support to the Vita Cortex workers, Unite says that NAMA and Irish banks are facilitating the wrongful treatment of former employees.
# redundancy - Thursday 5 January, 2012
Vita Cortex owner ‘can’t move money’ to pay for redundancies
Jack Ronan says he cannot move cash between his companies to meet the redundancy requirements of Vita Cortex staff.
TEEU in solidarity visit to Vita Cortex workers
The sit-in by the plant’s 32 former workers continues into its 21st day but SIPTU has said its members are ready to talk – if the company is.
# redundancy - Tuesday 3 January, 2012
Lagan Brick workers accept offer to attend LRC talks
Staff at the former Lagan Brick factory say they were only given 30 minutes’ notice that their jobs were to be lost.
Minister for Jobs tells both sides in Vita Cortex dispute: it’s time to talk
Richard Bruton has encouraged both sides in the dispute to meet – and has asked the Labour Relations Commission to be on stand-by to assist.
# redundancy - Friday 9 December, 2011
Former Connaught Telegraph staff picket over pay dispute
The six former staff members say they are owed thousands by the company in unpaid wages and holiday pay.
# redundancy - Saturday 19 November, 2011
Column: Stay positive, keep moving – the advice YOU gave me
Two weeks ago, Liam Horan wrote about going back to college after 26 years – and the response he received in comments, emails and calls displays the positivity and courage of many people finding their way through the recession.
# redundancy - Friday 18 November, 2011
EU approves €35.7m of aid for redundant workers in Ireland
The money will help find new jobs for people who lost their jobs in construction, architecture, engineering and technical firms.
# redundancy - Friday 7 October, 2011
Unemployed construction workers to receive assistance
The government has received €55 million that will go to assist 9,000 construction workers who have been made redundant in Ireland.
# redundancy - Tuesday 30 August, 2011
7 reasons why we adore Anne Doyle
RTÉ could not confirm if Anne Doyle has applied to take early retirement but we thought we’d take a look at why, as a nation, we adore the newsreader anyway.
# redundancy - Friday 24 June, 2011
Rostrevor staff “owed wages”
Staff who worked at the now-closed Rostrevor nursing home have said they are still waiting to be paid wages and receive P45s.
# redundancy - Tuesday 21 June, 2011
RTÉ’s cost-cutting programme will see 70 jobs lost
The broadcaster offers early retirement and voluntary redundancy schemes in a bid to cut its €34m shortfall.
# redundancy - Thursday 7 October, 2010
Aer Lingus staff may have to refund money to Revenue
The Revenue Commissioners have questioned a scheme which saw workers leave on redundancy packages only to be rehired weeks later – albeit on lower wages.
























































