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Advice needed, can a company do this?

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  • 11-01-2021 9:36am
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    LegacyUser
    Registered Users Posts: 166,026 ✭✭✭✭


    Hi, Myself and 5 other colleagues received letters from our employer last Thursday night. These letters stated that we are being put on a one day week from Monday (11th Jan) and that we should get onto welfare regarding getting help for the 4 days we aren't working!

    This came as a complete shock as none of us have ever been laid off before or given shortened hours. In actual fact, none of us ever had to access the welfare website before .


    We are in a union and our union told us on Friday that the reason the company gave her was to protect the staff as Covid 19 cases are so high, and its best the staff stay at home to stay safe. To point out that we are classed as an essential worker and we worked through previous lockdowns. The reason given in the letter to employees was that money is an issue .

    Can someone enlighten me if what the company is doing is legit ? Some background for clarity... the employees have a WRC complaint pending due to other issues within the company. It just stinks that they are not availing of any government help or putting us on the Covid payment so we get 350..as of now ,one days pay just doesn't cut it.. Our jobs aren't high paid or anything, the average between the 6 of us would be under 20e/hr.

    Any thoughts will be most helpful as this is as stressful as it gets .


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    vandriver
    Registered Users Posts: 3,458 ✭✭✭vandriver


    Is it just the 6 put on short time that are taking a WRC case?


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    OMM 0000
    Registered Users Posts: 3,733 ✭✭✭OMM 0000


    Does the company have financial problems?

    Can you tell us what industry you're in?


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    LegacyUser
    Registered Users Posts: 166,026 ✭✭✭✭LegacyUser


    vandriver wrote: »
    Is it just the 6 put on short time that are taking a WRC case?


    Yes its just the six that took the case are reduced to one day a week


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    LegacyUser
    Registered Users Posts: 166,026 ✭✭✭✭LegacyUser


    OMM 0000 wrote: »
    Does the company have financial problems?

    Can you tell us what industry you're in?

    the company has no financial difficulties at all . Sorry ,I'm afraid to give the industry as it will be regonisable .


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    vandriver
    Registered Users Posts: 3,458 ✭✭✭vandriver


    Is the union really that useless?


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    Dav010
    Registered Users Posts: 14,003 ✭✭✭✭Dav010


    vandriver wrote: »
    Is the union really that useless?

    I suspect the employer will argue that though the service is essential, not all employees are and that they are following government guidelines by not requiring non essential employees to attend for work.

    Effectively the op will be arguing that they should be allowed to attend a workplace even though they are not essential. Hard to see that succeeding.


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    kalych
    Registered Users Posts: 344 ✭✭kalych


    wits..end wrote: »
    Yes its just the six that took the case are reduced to one day a week

    Document every communication to and from your employer going forward, including any text messages to/from managers. Get legal representation next.


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    finglashoop
    Registered Users Posts: 2,102 ✭✭✭finglashoop


    wits..end wrote: »
    Hi, Myself and 5 other colleagues received letters from our employer last Thursday night. These letters stated that we are being put on a one day week from Monday (11th Jan) and that we should get onto welfare regarding getting help for the 4 days we aren't working!

    This came as a complete shock as none of us have ever been laid off before or given shortened hours. In actual fact, none of us ever had to access the welfare website before .


    We are in a union and our union told us on Friday that the reason the company gave her was to protect the staff as Covid 19 cases are so high, and its best the staff stay at home to stay safe. To point out that we are classed as an essential worker and we worked through previous lockdowns. The reason given in the letter to employees was that money is an issue .

    Can someone enlighten me if what the company is doing is legit ? Some background for clarity... the employees have a WRC complaint pending due to other issues within the company. It just stinks that they are not availing of any government help or putting us on the Covid payment so we get 350..as of now ,one days pay just doesn't cut it.. Our jobs aren't high paid or anything, the average between the 6 of us would be under 20e/hr.

    Any thoughts will be most helpful as this is as stressful as it gets .

    is this a golf club?


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