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13/03/2012
Talks Held In Dublin Try To End Vita Cortex Dispute
Talks are being held in Dublin today at the Labour Relations Commission (LRC) hoping to find a solution in the Vita Cortex redundancy dispute.
Former workers have been occupying the site of the foam manufacturing firm on the Kinsale Road in Cork since last December as a protest over redundancy payouts.
The 32 employees are seeking 0.9 weeks’ pay per year of service which, they say, was agreed with the company and given to other employees who left in 2009 and 2010.
Cortex owner Jack Ronan has said he does not have the money to pay the estimated €370,000 in redundancy.
Management criticised former employees at the plant for turning down a revised redundancy payments deal offered last week.
Vita Cortex said it was "extremely disappointed and surprised" by the rejection of its offer made last week in hopes of ending the dispute. The company insisted it had never promised staff 0.9 weeks per year of service and said the fact that it was unable to pay even the statutory redundancy proved that the offer could not have been made.
Vita Cortex urged trade union Siptu to adopt a more realistic position and enter into meaningful negotiations. "Despite the rejection of the offer made last week, the company is committed to exploring all meaningful efforts to finally resolve the dispute," it said.
Former workers have been occupying the site of the foam manufacturing firm on the Kinsale Road in Cork since last December as a protest over redundancy payouts.
The 32 employees are seeking 0.9 weeks’ pay per year of service which, they say, was agreed with the company and given to other employees who left in 2009 and 2010.
Cortex owner Jack Ronan has said he does not have the money to pay the estimated €370,000 in redundancy.
Management criticised former employees at the plant for turning down a revised redundancy payments deal offered last week.
Vita Cortex said it was "extremely disappointed and surprised" by the rejection of its offer made last week in hopes of ending the dispute. The company insisted it had never promised staff 0.9 weeks per year of service and said the fact that it was unable to pay even the statutory redundancy proved that the offer could not have been made.
Vita Cortex urged trade union Siptu to adopt a more realistic position and enter into meaningful negotiations. "Despite the rejection of the offer made last week, the company is committed to exploring all meaningful efforts to finally resolve the dispute," it said.
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