Redundancy Payments Act, 1967

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Disentitlement to redundancy payment for refusal to accept alternative employment.

15.—(1) An employee who has received the notice required by section 17 shall not be entitled to a redundancy payment if in the period of two weeks ending on the date of dismissal—

(a) his employer has offered to renew that employee's contract of employment or to re-engage him under a new contract of employment,

(b) the provisions of the contract as renewed, or of the new contract, as to the capacity and place in which he would be employed and as to the other terms and conditions of his employment would not differ from the corresponding provisions of the contract in force immediately before his dismissal,

(c) the renewal or re-engagement would take effect on or before the date of dismissal, and

(d) he has unreasonably refused the offer.

(2) An employee who has received the notice required by section 17 shall not be entitled to a redundancy payment if in the period of two weeks ending on the date of dismissal—

(a) his employer has made to him in writing an offer to renew the employee's contract of employment or to re-engage him under a new contract of employment,

(b) the provisions of the contract as renewed, or of the new contract, as to the capacity and place in which he would be employed and as to the other terms and conditions of his employment would differ wholly or in part from the corresponding provisions of his contract in force immediately before his dismissal,

(c) the offer constitutes an offer of suitable employment in relation to the employee,

(d) the renewal or re-engagement would take effect not later than four weeks after the date of dismissal, and

(e) he has unreasonably refused the offer.

(3) Where a person who is entitled to a weekly payment has been offered suitable employment by the Employment Service and has unreasonably refused that offer, that person shall be disqualified from receiving a weekly payment for a period not exceeding six weeks.