This case involved a claim that the complainant had been made redundant and should be entitled to a redundancy payment under the Act. His employment had terminated on the 14th of November 2016, having been employed in June 2009. The complainant had worked at a single location during the entire period of his employment and it was common case that the respondent company had lost this contract with a client company in late 2016.

Following the loss of the contract, the complainant was laid off for 6 weeks and then was asked to work in Dublin for a 6 week period. The complainant said he could not take up this work and was issued with his P45, despite allegedly not requesting same.

The respondent company accepted in Court that the offer of work in Dublin was not a reasonable offer of alternative employment but submitted that no contract of employment had ever been furnished to the complainant. The Court found that the complainant's employment had been terminated following the loss of the contract held by the respondent company. The Court held that no reasonable offer of alternative accommodation had been made and concluded that the complainant's employment had been terminated by reason of redundancy. Accordingly, the Court determined that the complainant should receive a redundancy payment in accordance with the Act.
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