The Government has less than six weeks to ascertain if the contentious 29 million sale and closure of Clerys last year involved any breaches of employment-protection laws. The closure resulted in the immediate loss of 460 jobs.
An officer has been appointed by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to examine if the process broke the Protection of Employment Act 1977, according to sources, confirming a report in The Sunday Business Post.
The officer wrote last week to various parties involved in the deal including the directors of the Natrium consortium, fronted by D2 Private property developer Deirdre Foley, which bought Clerys last year seeking documents relating to the tra…
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