Taoiseach slams ‘shabby, shoddy and unacceptable’ treatment of Debenhams workers
The dispute has lasted more than 150 days.
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The dispute has lasted more than 150 days.
Irishman JP Doyle was made redundant by the RFU in England earlier this month.
Around 200 people gathered on Henry Street in Dublin, outside Debenhams’ old building.
The workers are calling on the liquidation process to be frozen or extended until after the Covid-19 crisis.
Virgin Media said it has not received any notification from the unions.
The issue was raised in the Dáil today.
The announcement comes as the company shifts from peat usage to fast-track renewable energy.
A deal was reached this week which will see the old building redeveloped.
One staff member said they were told they would be paid today, but the liquidation occurred yesterday.
The group will be staging a protest outside the Department of Children and Youth Affairs at 1pm tomorrow.
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The decision could be worth over €12,000 for the three former staff.
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Talks are over voluntary redundancy or redeployment of staff.
The nurses might not receive the payments, as they are now considered to be unsecured creditors under the liquidation.
New payments plan will cover lower paid former workers at Anglo and Irish Nationwide.
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Nearly 50 posts have been identified as being over the official quota and could be targeted for redundancy, but the ASTI says it will take action if members are hit.
A memo sent to managers today, HSE Director of Human Resources Barry O’Brien also said all staff will be working additional hours required under Haddington Road from the start of next year.
79 people who were made redundant at the company’s Cork office have written a letter to the CEO and president in which they describe their redundancy package as “barely above legal minimums”.
180 people are to lose their jobs with the closure of the M&S stores in Mullingar, Tallaght, Dún Laoghaire and Naas in the coming weeks.
The soldiers, 84 percent of whom had applied for voluntary redundancy, were informed in person by their commanding officers today.
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Killarney Golf Club is seeking to make 24 out of 40 staff redundant.
The festival’s core management and programming staff said that they don’t accept that the company is in long-term financial difficulties.
The newspaper claimed that the seven writers were freelancers, but the Labour Relations Commission found otherwise.
Staff walked out at midnight in protest at compulsory redundancies.
Distribution firm Johnson Brothers told its employees yesterday that 83 jobs will be lost due at its plant in west Dublin due to outsourcing.
The company ceased trading this morning.
The 25 men have been engaged in a protest over redundancy packages since before Christmas last year.
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Sinn Féin’s legislation would have required companies to give longer notice periods if they were laying off large numbers.
The workers, who have been occupying the company for 135 days say they are disgusted at the rejection of resolution proposals.
The electronics chain, which had announced plans to go into liquidation, will instead trade under examinership in two outlets.
Staff at the 11 Game stores around the country have been holding sit-ins in a dispute over redundancy payments.
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.
More than 100 days into their protest, the Vita Cortex workers have gained the support of another high profile figure.
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.
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.