Manager awarded €119k over unfair dismissal blamed on Covid-19 pandemic

WRC adjudicator,Roger McGrath said Mr Reddy was dismissed 'under the cloak' of a redundancy because he would not accept a new contract. File picture: Unsplash

A former manager has been awarded almost €119,000 after being unfairly dismissed from his job at a Dublin payroll software firm on the false basis that his position had become redundant due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) ordered Ardbrook, a computer software firm based in Cabra, to pay total compensation of €118,732 to former general manager Fintan Reddy, after ruling he had not been dismissed on the basis of a genuine redundancy as claimed by the company.