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Meta urged to avoid compulsory layoffs as it moves cuts 500 jobs in Ireland

Financial Services Union calls on Taoiseach Leo Varadkar to reach out to the company and ensure it is implementing redundancies in a fair manner

Meta last month announced that 490 roles – around 18 per cent of its Irish workforce – would be impacted in a round of job cuts. Picture: Getty

Meta, the owner of Facebook, must examine “all possible solutions” to avoid compulsory layoffs as part of its plan to cut up to 500 jobs in Ireland, a leading trade union has said.

The Financial Services Union (FSU), which is engaging with some Meta staff in the layoff process, has also called on Taoiseach Leo Varadkar to ensure that the company acts on the “concerns and anxieties” of impacted staff.

The FSU’s statement coincides with ...