Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Redundancy Calculator in Ireland-Redundancy Entitlements

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the fact that his employer has decided that the work for which the employee had been employed (or had been doing before his dismissal) should henceforward be done by a person who is also capable of doing other work for which the employee is not sufficiently qualified or trained.


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Key factors in redundancy


There are two critical factors to be gleaned from this definition-



  1. The redundancy should arise from the doing away with the job, not the person. This feature of impersonality is necessary in a genuine redundancy situation.

  2. Change-the change must arise as a result of change in the workplace which might range from a closing down of the business to a simple reduction in number of employees.


Redundancy payment entitlement


To be entitled to a redundancy payment you must have the requisite period of service served which is:



  1. 104 weeks of continuous employment attained after the age of 16 years.

  2. Dismissal
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