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Seamstress Forced Out After 17 Years | Cork News
After 17 years of loyal service, seamstress Mary Kenneally was forced out of Carr Sewing Machines Limited — not by retirement, but by a calculated campaign of retaliation after a tax dispute. Her employer slashed her hours, banned home work, and falsely claimed she’d hit a mandatory retirement age, despite her being in good health and wanting to keep working. Colleagues even wrote a letter pleading her case, but the owner refused to listen. The Workplace Relations Commission ruled it was an orchestrated dismissal based on age, awarding her €67,000 for unfair dismissal plus compensation for…
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