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Allegations of unfair dismissal against the social services centre in Castlebar have emerged following RTÉ’s Prime Time programme which aired on Tuesday night and which investigated complaints against FÁS made by the chairman of Castlebar Social Services.

TWO businessmen have come up with the creation of an online talent pool that will bring employers and potential employees together in these recessionary times.

In these difficult economic times, many businesses are looking to reduce their wage bill in order to ensure survival. Ultimately, this may mean that redundancies will be required, but there are other options. From a legal, commercial, and arguably moral standpoint, redundancy should always be the last resort. The law requires an employer to consider alternatives to redundancy, while commercially, most employers will want to retain good staff in anticipation of the upturn, and avoid the morale shattering effect of letting people go. So what are the options, and what legal challenges do they present?

Last week I looked at wage cuts. This week I’ll tackle the issue of redundancy.

DHL employees, including the 20 in the company’s Athlone depot, have voted to accept the redundancy terms being offered them by the company.

An unspecified number of new jobs are to be announced by a new start-up company in the city next week.

A manager at a Mullingar car sales firm, given one day’s notice because of the downturn after 11 years of “uneventful” employment, was awarded €3,000 at the most recent sitting of the employment appeals tribunal in Mullingar.