Supreme Court upholds damages award of €16,000 to woman over redundancy law failure by State

The Supreme Court has upheld a €16,818 damages award to a woman made redundant by a Dublin spa company because of the State's failure to correctly transpose into Irish law an EU directive protecting employees of businesses which have become insolvent.

Last year, the Court of Appeal reversed a High Court decision against Magdalena Glegola who was employed by the Metro Spa Ltd, Clarendon Street, until she was dismissed by reason of redundancy in November 2011.