Redundancy Problem

LegacyUser

I am losing my job at the end of this month.

I am a teacher and have been working in the same school for the last 4 years. I have had 4 separate 1 year contracts and have been replacing a teacher who was on career break but has now retired and will not be replaced so I have been told my job is gone. I'm obviously upset but at the same time it sort of suits me, as I would like to spend time travelling.

I was given advice by a legal professional that I am entitled to a Redundancy payment. However, my employer has totally disputed this and told me I am not being made redundant, I am simply not getting hours in the school next year. He won't use the word redundancy. I contacted my union but they have been useless and told me to speak to my employer about it.

I feel like nobody wants to know.

So, online I found that if my employer does not give me a redundancy payment on my last day, the next step is to forward a completed Form RP77 to my employer to request the redundancy payment and if I get no joy from that, I can then request it from the Dept of Social Protection. Does this sound right to anyone?

cee_jay

I don't think you are being made redundant. A person doesn't get made redundant - the position itself does. Redundancy is where an employee’s position ceases to exist and the employee is not replaced. The role you were covering still exists.

phoenix999

RedundancyProblem wrote: »

I am losing my job at the end of this month.

I am a teacher and have been working in the same school for the last 4 years. I have had 4 separate 1 year contracts and have been replacing a teacher who was on career break but has now retired and will not be replaced so I have been told my job is gone. I'm obviously upset but at the same time it sort of suits me, as I would like to spend time travelling.

I was given advice by a legal professional that I am entitled to a Redundancy payment. However, my employer has totally disputed this and told me I am not being made redundant, I am simply not getting hours in the school next year. He won't use the word redundancy. I contacted my union but they have been useless and told me to speak to my employer about it.

I feel like nobody wants to know.

So, online I found that if my employer does not give me a redundancy payment on my last day, the next step is to forward a completed Form RP77 to my employer to request the redundancy payment and if I get no joy from that, I can then request it from the Dept of Social Protection. Does this sound right to anyone?

I suspect you may be entitled to a CID and permanency if it's a full 4 years service. Failing that, you are entitled to redundancy. Recent labour court cases involving teachers awarded 6 weeks redundancy. That's what your union dues are for. Check FTD cases on www.labourcourt.ie or pm me.

Doom

You have to be continuously employed for 104 weeks to be entitled to redundancy

Doom

Some info from the citizens abvice...


To be eligible for a redundancy payment under the Acts, you must satisfy the following requirements:

You must be aged 16 or over. (Since 8 May 2007 there is no upper age limit of 66.) You must be in employment that is insurable under the Social Welfare Acts. Full-time employees under the age of 66 must be paying Class A PRSI. (This insurability requirement does not apply to part-time workers - see below.) You must have worked continuously for your employer for at least 104 weeks over the age of 16.

Mrs OBumble

It sounds to me like the key question is what happened over the summer for the last 4 years: were you employed, or did you have to sign on?