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Working part time having perm contract

  • 09-08-2012 9:53am
    #1
    Rfusik
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20 ✭


    I have a permanent position at my company but i am going to ask my boss to limit the hours to 10 or 20 a week for personal reasons which would be 1/4 or 1/2 of my current working hours.
    I have been working for this company for over 3 yearsr so i wonder if anything goes wrong and i get laid off , will i still be entitled to the statutory redundancy payment?


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  • #2
    Nody
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,375 CMod ✭✭✭✭Nody


    You're not going to get laid off for asking to go down in hours; you are how ever likely to be told no giving you the option of continue on full time or resigning.


  • #3
    Rfusik
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20 ✭Rfusik


    i am more likely to be told "yes" i believe , but the question is if i remain entitled for a redundancy if i laid off for whatever reason


  • #4
    tatli_lokma
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,332 ✭✭✭tatli_lokma


    you will still be entitled to statutory redundancy - the clue is in the name "statutory" as in must be paid. However what you get paid will be based upon your part time salary. Because you are the one requesting to go part time, any redundancy will be based on the lower salary. If it were your employer putting you on reduced hours then it would be different:
    Reduced hours and short-time work
    If you were made redundant within a year of being put on reduced hours or pay, your redundancy payment would be based on your earnings for a full week. If you are made redundant after working reduced hours for more than a year, how your payment will be calculated depends on whether you accepted being on reduced hours or not. If you fully accepted the reduced working hours as your normal week and never asked to return to full-time work, then your redundancy payment will be based on your gross pay for the reduced working hours. If, on the other hand, you never accepted the reduced working hours as your normal hours and continually asked to be put back on full-time working, your payment would be based on your normal weekly earnings.

    If you have been put on short time and then are made redundant your redundancy payment may be based on your pay for a full week.

    If you have a dispute about this with your employer you could make a claim to the Employment Appeals Tribunal.


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