Kitchen manager at 'best in Dublin' coffee chain 3FE claims redundancy not 'genuine' – The Irish Times
Employee said he was given choice of taking €15,000 salary cut or leave
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Employee said he was given choice of taking €15,000 salary cut or leave
A former kitchen manager at coffee chain 3FE claims its management gave him just 80 minutes to decide whether he wanted to leave the company or take a €15,000 salary cut. In a complaint under the Unfair Dismissals Act 1977, Ralph Utto told the Workplace Relations Commission that a new head chef was hired in to do his former duties by the company just weeks before he was made redundant in November 2022. "It's just my job under a different name," he told a hearing today. Mr Utto’s complaint is
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