WRC upholds Anne Doyle’s redundancy and notice complaints

Anne Doyle’s redundancy and notice-pay complaints against Lifetime Care Limited /Lifetime Care Mayo Limited were upheld by the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC). The decision was dated 16 May 2024. The company must pay two weeks’ notice in lieu, amounting to €499.50 gross and net; Doyle was also found entitled to statutory redundancy pay. Doyle worked as a home carer for 18 hours a week, earning €249.75 gross weekly, until the company ceased trading in October 2023. The respondent did not attend the hearing or provide evidence. The adjudication officer also recorded €567 in unpaid gross wages and €520.28 in unpaid holiday pay for the information of a liquidator or the Department of Social Protection; those amounts were not among the complaints decided.