Kerry Group told to compensate staff

Workers at Kerry Group’s ‘Cheestrings’ production plant in Charleville are in line for a €1,000 goodwill payment each.

This follows the Labour Court recommending that Kerry pays the workers, not opting for voluntary redundancy, €1,000 “as a gesture towards good industrial relations and in full and final settlement of all matters raised at the court”.

However, the court has also recommended that the group should commit to granting voluntary redundancy to those employees who wish to leave their employment “at this time of change”. The court is recommending that a minimum of 35 and a maximum of 40 voluntary redundancies should be made available by the company reflective of current circumstances.