Unfair dismissal claims are likely on the back of Twitter's actions this week, according to an employment law solicitor.
Dublin-based employment law solicitor Richard Grogan told BreakingNews.ie: "I fully expect there will be a number of unfair dismissal claims, particularly those who will want their job back rather than a monetary payout."
He explained: "When you're dealing with a large number of individuals, it becomes a collective redundancy. In such cases the employer must firstly notify the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment. They then have to notify the staff they are going through a collective redundancy, the staff have to be asked to put forward representatives, employees themselves, and they can also have their union advise them, and there's a 30-day consultation process."
It's not just a matter of riding roughshod over the Irish legislation.
Twitter staff revealed some had been locked out of their work accounts. While the Elon Musk-owned social media organisation rowed back and said this doesn't necessarily mean their jobs are gone, Mr Grogan explained that it is his opinion that this goes against Irish redundancy legislation as it singles individuals out.
"Nobody is then notified of being made redundant until [a consultation process] has happened. What happened with Twitter is some people were locked out of systems, that's going to create a big issue."
While some may choose to take Twitter's redundancy packages when they are offered, Mr Grogan said...
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