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A CLONLARA company has been ordered to pay more than €5,000 in redundancy money by the Employ- ment Appeals Tribunal.
A case for redundancy payments was made against Bellisle Proper- ties Limited, Bellisle, Clonlara by employees, Damien Leo, 2 Belf- 1eld Crescent, Faranshone, Limer- ick; Brendan Rainsford, Aranleigh, Lower Meelick; Barry O’Sullivan,
‘“Fermoyle’, Bartleystown, Clonlara; Andrew John Dolbear, Merlin, Bal- lysimon Road, County Limerick; Barry O’Connell, 23 Derryvinna, Clonlara and Thomas O’Connell, 23 Derryvinna, Clonlara.
All six gave details of their claims to the tribunal. The members of the tribunal heard they had all worked for the Clonlara company, some on a number of different sites.
They had been let go between Octo- ber and December last year after be-
ing told there was no more work for them, the tribunal heard.
In his sworn evidence, Andrew John Dolbear told the tribunal that the re- spondent company had approached him the previous week offering him his job back. He said that he had not responded to that job offer as he had not wanted to affect his claim be- fore the tribunal and he confirmed that he wished to proceed with his redundancy claim. When originally let go, Dolbear said, he asked about
redundancy and holiday money and the owner’s brother had told him that redundancy and holiday money was not his department. He had heard nothing more from the respondent company until last week when they offered him a job.
The tribunal was satisfied that the respondent had been properly noti- fied of the hearings. However, there was no appearance by them or on Web mL olo eT ee
Accepting the uncontested evi-
dence of the six former employees, the tribunal awarded Damien Leo €535, the equivalent of one weeks pay. Brendan Rainsford was awarded £628.86, Barry O’Sullivan €650, Andrew John Dolbear €1,278, Bar- ry O’Connell €627.39 and Thomas O’Connell €1,500.
The awards were made subject to the appellants having been in insur- able employment under the Social Welfare Acts during the relevant pe- riod.