Case Name: Safia Chercham v Campion Insurances Limited (UD 1496/09)
Legislation: Redundancy Payments Acts, 1967 to 2007, Unfair Dismissals Acts, 1997 TO 2007 (the “Acts”)
Jurisdictions/Subject Matter: Redundancy

A decision in the above case was recently delivered by the Employment Appeals Tribunal. We asked David Faganto set out details of the case and review legal entitlements around redundancy.


Facts

The claimant/employee was employed on a full time basis in one of the respondent’s companies. The respondent had eleven companies and in October 2008, the decision was taken to amalgamate the companies into one single entity.

The amalgamation resulted in redundancies being made and of the three employees in the employee’s department, only one was kept on.

The respondent’s Chief Financial