Redundancy question.

ASIL1983

My boyfriend is an electrician who has been made redundant. He worked for the company for 8 years(apprenticeship included). Today is his last day working for them and his boss hands him his redundany check today- for e2800!! From calculations we have made we reckon he is entitled to way more than that-almost double. What should he do?? Also is he entitled to redundancy for all 8 years or just the years he has been qualified??

jon1981

The statutory redundancy payment is a lump-sum payment based on the pay of the employee. All eligible employees are entitled to:

Two weeks' statutory redundancy payment for every year of service, regardless of age, and
One further week's pay
Pay refers to your current normal weekly pay, before tax and PRSI deductions, that is your gross pay.

The statutory redundancy payment is tax-free.

Reckonable and non-reckonable service
All redundancies notified after 10 April 2005 take account of absences from work only over the last three years of service. Any absences outside of the three-year period ending on the date of termination of employment are disregarded.
When reckoning or calculating the actual length of your service for redundancy payment purposes, the following periods over the last three years of service only should be taken into account, (the absences listed here are called reckonable absences):

The period you were actually in work
Any period of absence from work due to holidays
Any period of absence from work due to illness (see below for non-reckonable periods of illness)
Any period where you were absent from work by agreement with your employer (typically career break)
Any period of basic and additional maternity leave allowed under the legislation
Any period of basic adoptive/parental/carer's leave
Any period of lock-out from your employment
Any period where the continuity of your employment is preserved under the Unfair Dismissals Acts.
However, in making the calculation of the length of your service, the following periods over the last 3 years will not be taken into account as service, (these are called non-reckonable absences):

Any period over 52 consecutive weeks where you were off work due to an injury at work
Any period over 26 consecutive weeks where you were off work due to illness
Any period on strike
Any period of lay off from work.
You can use this online redundancy calculator to help you to calculate your statutory redundancy entitlement. You should note that the online redundancy calculator does not purport to give a legal entitlement to any statutory redundancy amount.

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/categories/employment/unemployment-and-redundancy/redundancy/redundancy-payments

https://redundancy.entemp.ie/rpsportal/initialiseRedundancyCalculatorAction.do?locale=en redundancy calculator

hope this helps?!

ASIL1983

Thanks, the boss just handed him the cheque with no sign of the RP50 form. We're a bit lost about how to go about things next.

Nody

ASIL1983 wrote: »

Thanks, the boss just handed him the cheque with no sign of the RP50 form. We're a bit lost about how to go about things next.

Call the boss and ask for it and also ask for when the rest will be sent out as as you expect X (as per calculaton above) but only received 2800 Euro.

barbiegirl

I was made redundant 5 years ago and they tried to fob us off with a weeks wages. The group of us being made redundant rang and got the advise above, handed this calculation to the boss and they paid it. Stand up to boss, he owes you that money and he does get some of it from the government.