Cork-based plastics firm ordered to pay €45k to ex-manager over unfair redundancy selection

Francis Corrigan said he was told that there were no alternative positions available at Protech and he had to “take it or leave it”

The Workplace Relations Commission ruled that One51 Es Plastics had not followed fair procedures in making Francis Corrigan redundant from his role as product engineer manager in May 2020. File picture

A Cork-based plastics manufacturer has been ordered to pay a former senior manager €45,000 after it was found to have unfairly fired him under a redundancy process.

The Workplace Relations Commission ruled that One51 Es Plastics had not followed fair procedures in making Francis Corrigan redundant from his role as product engineer manager in May 2020.