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Workhuman staff to lodge formal complaint against firm to WRC

Employees claim that the Irish tech unicorn committed an offence by issuing some staff with notices of redundancy before the end of obligatory 30-day consultation period

Workhuman last month announced plans to lay off 10 per cent of its global workforce, of which around 600 people are employed at its Dublin offices

Staff at Workhuman, the Irish tech unicorn, are planning to lodge a formal complaint against the company to the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC), claiming it has breached its statutory redundancy obligations to employees, the Business Post can reveal.

Workers at the company have claimed that Workhuman has committed an offence by issuing some staff with notices of redundancy before the end of a 30-day consultation period it is obliged under Irish legislation to conduct as ...