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woody71

been informed today that my job is going into liquidation, been there 10yrs and boss told me he has no money to give for redundancy. i was told i should get a RP77 form. Has anybody else been in this position before?

brightspark

haven't been in your position fortunately, but it looks like the RP77 is the first step in claiming your statutory from the state

Employer's insolvency
In the first instance it is up to the employer to pay the statutory redundancy lump sum to all eligible employees. However, where the employer is unable to pay or refuses or fails to pay, the employee can apply for direct payment from the Social Insurance Fund - see 'How to apply' below.

Where your employment has been terminated due to the insolvency of your employer legislation provides for the payment of certain outstanding entitlements in relation to your pay. Under the Insolvency Payments Scheme these may be paid by the Department of Social Protection out of the Social Insurance Fund. There are more details about employers' insolvency legislation in 'Further information' below.

RatesSince 1 January 2005 the maximum earnings taken into account in the calculation of statutory redundancy lump sum payments are €600 per week (€31,200 per year).

How to applyOn the date of the termination of employment your employer should pay the redundancy lump sum due to you.

If your employer has not paid your redundancy lump sum, you should apply to your employer for it using form RP77 (pdf). If your employer still refuses to pay it, you can apply to the Department of Social Protection for direct payment from the Social Insurance Fund. This must be done online using form RP50 as follows:

http://www.inou.ie/download/pdf/form_rp77.pdf

http://www.welfare.ie/en/Pages/Redundancy-Payments.aspx

woody71

thanks very much, that was a great help.

woody71

thanks very much, that was a great help.
the boss is refusing to pay saying he hasent got the money, so it looks like i need a RP50 form

brightspark

A lot of others have been in your situation already unfortunately.

The chances are you will have a long wait for the payment and all you can really do is follow the procedure. (you do need to do the RP77 first I think anyway, then go online and do the RP50)

Statutory isn't going to be much after 10 years (about €12,600 IF you were grossing over €600 a week, less otherwise).

Hopefully you will get your last week's pay and any unused holidays before they close up?

Good luck in your job search.

brightspark

Did you get 4 weeks notice?

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employment/unemployment_and_redundancy/losing_your_job/losing_job_entitlements.html

If not he owes you that too!

(has the company ceased trading?)

woody71

the company ceases trading on the 5th June.

woody71

Posted this on here in May, and still waiting

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woody71 wrote: »

Posted this on here in May, and still waiting

You might want to get on to your TD. They are surprisingly receptive just now.

Have you managed to get something else in the mean time?

woody71

Just a bit of Part time