On July 8th, the company wrote to the employee informing her she was being made redundant, effective September 20th, the tribunal was told. Photograph: Getty Images
The Republic’s only ladder factory has been ordered to pay €6,000 to a former office worker for making her redundant while on maternity leave last year.
Stradbally Ladders Ltd in Co Laois was directed to pay the compensation under the Unfair Dismissals Act 1977 after the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) ruled the firm had breached the statutory maternity protections for employee Joanne Kenn
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