TikTok 'Team Lead' loses unfair dismissal action as selection for redundancy was impartial and not personal

WRC found his redundancy selection was impartial, based on impersonal criteria.

The company stated that 63 team leads were in the selection pool and, of those, 24 were made redundant, and all 24, including Mr Saleh, scored under 33 in the combined selection criteria.

One of 24 ‘Team-Leads’ to be made redundant by the Irish arm of social media giant TikTok, last year, has lost his case for unfair dismissal after his selection for redundancy was impartial and not personal.

That is according to Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) Adjudicator, Monica Brennan, who has not upheld Mohur Saleh’s claim for unfair dismissal in April 2024 against TikTok Technology Ltd.