S.I. No. 112/1979 - Redundancy Certificate Regulations, 1979.

S.I. No. 112 of 1979.

REDUNDANCY CERTIFICATE REGULATIONS, 1979.

I, GENE FITZGERALD, Minister for Labour, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 18 [as amended by the Redundancy Payments Act, 1971 (No. 20 of 1971)] and 58 [as amended by the Redundancy Payments Act, 1979 (No. 7 of 1979)] of the Redundancy Payments Act, 1967 (No. 21 of 1967), hereby make the following Regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Redundancy Certificate Regulations, 1979.

2. A redundancy certificate shall be in the form set out in the Schedule to these Regulations and shall contain—

( a ) the appropriate particulars referred to in that form,

( b ) a declaration or declarations (as appropriate) by the employer concerned in the terms set out in that form, and

( c ) a receipt, if appropriate, in the terms set out in that form, by the employee concerned for the lump sum payment referred to in that form.

3. An employer who fails to comply with these Regulations shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £50.

4. The Redundancy Certificate Regulations, 1968 ( S.I. No. 3 of 1968 ), are hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE.

R.P.2

AN ROINN SAOTHAIR—DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR.

REDUNDANCY CERTIFICATE.

REDUNDANCY PAYMENTS ACTS, 1967 to 1979.

NOTE: Before completing this form please refer to explanatory booklet.

The use of block capitals will facilitate processing. In the case of signatures the name of the person signing may be repeated in block capitals beneath the signature.

To	............................................................ ............................................ (Name in full of employee)
Revenue and Social Insurance No. ............................................................ ..............................................
Social Welfare Insurance No. ............................................................ ......................................................
Date of Birth ....................................................			Occupation .......................................................
Employment commenced on .............................................and terminated on ........................................ by reason of redundancy.

Period(s) of non-reckonable service (if any). Please note that certain periods of absence from work count as reckonable service (see explanatory booklet).
Only non-reckonable service should be recorded in the spaces provided.
From .......................................................		To .........................................		Reason ..............................
From ......................................................		To .........................................		Reason ..............................
From ......................................................		To .........................................		Reason ..............................

1. CALCULATION OF STATUTORY LUMP SUM PAYMENT

NOTE: Regard should be had to ceiling on normal weekly remuneration.

(i) Total reckonable service (exclude service before age 16 and all other non-reckonable service).	............ Years
(ii) Number of weeks' pay due (see explanatory booklet)	........... Weeks
(iii) Amount of a normal week's pay (See explanatory booklet)	£..................
(iv) Amount of Statutory Lump Sum Payment to which employee is entitled.	£..................

2. EMPLOYEE'S RECEIPT FOR LUMP SUM PAYMENT.

NOTE: In no circumstances should this receipt be used for any payment other than the statutory redundancy lump sum or part thereof.

I acknowledge receipt of a Lump Sum redundancy payment amounting to £ ............................*

	Signed ....................................................
	(Signature of employee)
	Date .......................................................

*This receipt will not be accepted as valid unless the sum paid is inserted.

3. DECLARATION BY EMPLOYER.

I declare:—

(i) that the employee ceased employment by reason of redundancy,

(ii) that the employee's statutory redundancy lump sum entitlement is £ the calculation of which is set out in Part 1 of this certificate.

(iii) that the employee was paid a lump sum of £

I also declare that, to the best of my knowledge, the particulars given on this certificate are true and correct.

Signed ............................................................ ....			Date .........................................................
(Signature of employer)
NAME OF EMPLOYER		............................................................ .........................................
Business Address	............................................................ .......................................................
	............................................................ .......................................................
	............................................................ .......................................................

*If no payment made, please insert Nil.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 5th day of April, 1979.

GENE FITZGERALD,

Minister for Labour.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The purpose of these regulations is to require employers when giving a redundancy certificate under the Redundancy Payments Acts to use the form (R.P.2) provided by the Minister for this purpose and to furnish the appropriate declarations in the form.

A penalty for failure to comply with these regulations is also specified.