S.I. No. 347/1991 - Redundancy Certificate Regulations, 1991.

S.I. No. 347 of 1991.

REDUNDANCY CERTIFICATE REGULATIONS, 1991.

I, MICHAEL O' KENNEDY, T.D., 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, 1991, and shall come into operation on the 30th day of December, 1991.

2. A redundancy certificate shall be in the form set out in the Schedule to these Regulations, or in a form substantially to like effect, 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, 1984 ( S.I. No. 221 of 1984 ), are hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE

REDUNDANCY CERTIFICATE Form RP2

REDUNDANCY PAYMENTS ACTS, 1967 TO 1991.

AN ROINN SAOTHAIR-DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR

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

PLEASE COMPLETE THIS FORM IN BLOCK CAPITALS

Employer's PAYE Registered Number							Figures	Letter
							\|___\|___\|___\|___\|__\|___\|___\|___\|
Business Name of Employer__________________________________________________________________________________
Business Address_________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Employee's Revenue and Social Insurance Number							Figures	Letters
							\|___\|___\|___\|___\|___\|___\|___\|___\|___\|
To: Surname _____________________________________							First Name _____________________
							Social Welfare Insurance Number (If any)
Sex		Male					Tick Appropriate Box	Figures
		Female					\|__\|__\|__\|__\|__\|__\|__\|
Date of Birth				Occupation				For Official Use
\|___\|___\|___\|				_____________			MANCO	\|__\|__\|__\|__\|__\|
Date of Commencement				Date of Termination				Number of hours normally expected to work per week
Day Month Year				Day Month Year
\|____\|_____\|______\|				\|______\|_____\|_______\|				\|________________\|
Periods of Non Reckonable Service
	Day	Month	Year		Day	Month	Year	Reason
From				To				________________

From				To				________________

From				To				________________

1. CALCULATION OF STATUTORY LUMP SUM PAYMENT

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

(i) Total Reckonable Service					Years

(Exclude service before age of16 and other non-reckonable service)
					Weeks
(ii) Number of weeks pay due _________________________________________
(iii) Amount of Normal Week's Pay:
Gross weekly wage	£	Average regular overtime	£	Benefits in kind	£

				Total	£
(iv) State ceiling on earnings applied for purposes of calculation if the statutory ceiling is lower than normal week's pay________________________________________________________
£
(v) Amount of Statutory lump sum payment to which employee is entitled_____________________________________________
£

2. EMPLOYEE'S RECEIPT FOR LUM SUM PAYMENT

Note: In no circumstances should this receipt be used for any payment other than the statutory redundancy lump sum or part thereof. This receipt will not be accepted as valid unless the sum paid is inserted.

WARNING: DO NOT SIGN THIS RECEIPT UNTIL YOU ACTUALLY RECEIVE PAYMENT OF THE SUM BEING ACKNOWLEDGED.

I acknowledge receipt of a lump sum redundancy payment amounting to _______________________________________________________________		£
Signature of Employee ____________________	Day Month Year
	\|________\|_______\|_________\|

3. DECLARATION BY EMPLOYER

I declare that the employee was dismissed by reason of redundancy, that the employee is entitled to a lum sum of the amount set out in Part 1 (v) of this certificate, and that the employee was paid a lump sum of _______________________________________________________

£
(If no payment made, insert NIL)
Signature of Employer _________________________________________	___________________
	Date
Position held in Company _______________________________________

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 20th day of December, 1991.

MICHAEL O'KENNEDY,

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 amended form (RP 2) provided by the Minister for this purpose and to furnish the appropriate declarations in the form. A penalty for failure to comply with the regulations is also specified.