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3 day week

  • 03-03-2010 9:31am
    #1
    marieclaire10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 133 ✭✭


    Hi, I was wondering if someone can help me out. My employer informed me yesterday that they are putting me on a 3 day week.
    1. Can you automatically do that or can I take my redunancy?
    2. If i accept the 3 day week and then should i be laid off will it effect my reducancy payment?
    3. I get paid monthly. I was just paid on the 01/03/10. Can they put me on a 3 day week starting next week?
    Also what are my entitlements. I assume I can claim mortgage interest supplement and job seekers for the 2 days i'm not working. Is there anything else I can do?


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  • #2
    STRAWBERRY2010
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10 ✭STRAWBERRY2010


    Hi There,

    Your employer has to give you 30 days notice that they are putting you on a 3 day week. So your 3 day week will not commence until 2nd April.

    If you accept the 3 day week and are subsequently made redundant within the next 12 months, your redundancy will be calculated based on your 5 day working week.

    You are entitled to claim social welfare for the two days you are not working. Its about €40 per day, not much but better than nothing.

    Im not sure what you are entitled to in relation to your mortgage, probably not a lot.


  • #3
    hitman79
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,248 ✭✭✭hitman79


    marieclaire10 wrote: »
    Hi, I was wondering if someone can help me out. My employer informed me yesterday that they are putting me on a 3 day week.
    1. Can you automatically do that or can I take my redunancy?
    2. If i accept the 3 day week and then should i be laid off will it effect my reducancy payment?
    3. I get paid monthly. I was just paid on the 01/03/10. Can they put me on a 3 day week starting next week?
    Also what are my entitlements. I assume I can claim mortgage interest supplement and job seekers for the 2 days i'm not working. Is there anything else I can do?

    Having been put on a 3 day week last August i've been claiming social for 3 days!The social is based on a 6 day working week for some reason and for me a single person it works out at 98 euro per week!Not great but better than nothing.

    Im expecting to be made redundant sometime soon and redundancy pay is based on a 5 day week but only for the first year that you've been working the 3 day week. After that keep asking your boss to put you back on a 5 day week and even if he/she cant you will still get your redundancy based on a 5 day working week(i hope)


  • #4
    marieclaire10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 133 ✭✭marieclaire10


    Thanks guys that great advice. At least i'll get something. Don't care as loon as I get my mortgage paid each month. Do ye have any ide how the mortgage supplemenary benefit works?


  • #5
    STRAWBERRY2010
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10 ✭STRAWBERRY2010


    Marie Claire,

    Its also important that you ask your employer about once a month when you are going to be reinstated as a full time employee. Do this via email and keep the paper trail.

    Also, I believe your annual leave entitlement remains the same on the three day week as it would on a five day week. The only way there will be a change to your annual leave is if your working hours are half or less than half of what they were on the 5 day week.

    I also believe that if your hours on the three day week are half or less than half of what they were on the 5 day week that you can apply to be made redundant.

    You can find more info on Dept of Enterprise, Trade and Employment website or at your local Citizens Information.

    Editing to add this link in http://www.citizensinformation.ie/categories/employment


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