S.I. No. 221/1984 - Redundancy Certificate Regulations, 1984.


S.I. No. 221 of 1984.

REDUNDANCY CERTIFICATE REGULATIONS, 1984.

I, RUAIRÍ QUINN, 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, 1984, and shall come into operation on the 3rd day of September, 1984.

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, 1979 ( S.I. No. 112 of 1979 ), are hereby revoked.

GIVEN under my Official Seal this 21st day of August, 1984.

RUAIRÍ QUINN,

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.

FORM RP2

REDUNDANCY CERTIFICATE

REDUNDANCY SAOTHAIR - DEPARTMENTS ACTS 1967 TO 1979

AN ROINN SAOTHAIR -DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR

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

PLEASE COMPLETE THIS FORM IN BLOCK CAPITALS

Figures

Letter

EMPLOYER'S PAYE REGISTERED NUMBER

|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|

BUSINESS NAME OF EMPLOYER ________________________________________

BUSINESS ADDRESS ________________________________________

________________________________________

Figures

Letters

EMPLOYEE'S REVENUE AND SOCIAL INSURANCE (RSI) NUMBER

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To:

SURNAME

___________________

FIRST NAME

__________________________________________

SEX

Male

Tick Appropriate Box

SOCIAL WELFARE INSURANCE NUMBER (if any)

Female

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DATE OF BIRTH

OCCUPATION

For Official Use

DayMonthYear

|____|____|_____|

______________________

MANCO |__|__|__|__|__|

DATE OF COMMENCEMENT

DATE OF TERMINATION

Day MonthYear

Day Month Year

|____|_____|_____|

|____|_____|_____|

PERIODS OF NON RECKONABLE SERVICE

Day

Month

Year

REASON

From

To

________________

From

To

________________

From

To

________________

1. CALULATION OF STATUTORY LUMP SUM PAYMENT

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

Years

(i) Total Reckonable Service ————————————————————

(Exclude service before age of 16 and other non-reckonable service)

Weeks

(ii) Number of weeks pay due————————————————————

£

(iii) Amount of Normal week's pay ——————————————————

£

(actual amount should be inserted)

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

I acknowledge receipt of a lump sum redundany payment amounting to———

£

Day MonthYear

Signature of Employee ________________________________

|____|_____|_________|

3. DECLARATION BY EMPLOYER

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

sum of ———————————————————————————

£

(If no payment made, please insert NIL)

Signature of Employer ________________________________

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Position held in Company______________________________

Date