The founder of electric-vehicle battery maker Xerotech, based in Claregalway, has been awarded more than \u20ac420,000 by the Workplace Relations Commission.<\/p>\n
The Irish Times is reporting that it’s the biggest award so far this year at the WRC and the third-largest ever made by the tribunal in an unfair dismissals case.<\/p>\n
Barry Flannery, the founder and CEO, said he was forced to resign from the manufacturing company in December 2024, two months before it collapsed into voluntary liquidation.<\/p>\n
He told the WRC at a hearing in February that he was, without warning, cut off from company systems and then shut out from the business when his physical access rights were disabled.<\/p>\n
In setting the award, the WRC factored in a non-compete clause in Barry Flannery\u2019s contract, which blocked him from taking up a new job in his field until June 12th, 2026.<\/p>\n
A few weeks before the voluntary liquidation the Corporate Park where Xerotech was based, several local schools and some homes at nearby Lakeview had to be evacuated due to a battery fire incident at the company.<\/p>\n
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