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Redundancy Payments Act, 1967 (No. 21)Introductory TextActs Referred toPart I Preliminary and General (ss. 1-5)1. Short title.2. Interpretation.3. Commencement.4. Classes of persons to which this Act applies.5. Laying of regulations and certain draft orders before Houses of Oireachtas.Part II Redundancy Payment (ss. 6-25)6. Definitions for Part II.7. General right to redundancy payment.8. Qualification of general right under section 7.9. Dismissal by employer.10. Employee anticipating expiry of employer's notice.11. Lay-off and short-time.12. Right to redundancy payment by reason of lay-off or short-time.12A. Operation of section 12 - emergency period.13. Right of employer to give counter-notice.14. Disentitlement to redundancy payment because of dismissal for misconduct.15. Disentitlement to redundancy payment for refusal to accept alternative employment.16. Associated companies.17. Notice of proposed dismissal for redundancy.18. Redundancy certificate.19. Payment of lump sum by employer.20. Change of ownership of business.21. Implied or constructive termination of contract.22. Application of this Part upon employer's or employee's death.23. Modification of right to redundancy payment where previous redundancy payment has been paid.24. Time-limit on claims for redundancy payment.25. Employment wholly or partly abroad.Part III Redundancy Fund (ss. 26-36)26. Establishment of the Redundancy Fund.27. Employers' redundancy contributions to be paid into Social Insurance Fund.28. Amount of weekly contribution to Redundancy and Employers' Insolvency Fund.29. Rebates to employers from the Redundancy Fund.30. Weekly payments to employees from Redundancy Fund.31. Regulations as to entitlement to weekly payment and to allowance under Industrial Training Act, 1967.32. Other payments to employees from Redundancy Fund.32A. Covid-19 related lay-off payment.33. Regulations as to payment of contributions.34. Preparation and issue of redundancy stamps, etc.35. Persons employed by more than one employer, etc.36. Regulations for Part III.Part IV Miscellaneous Provisions (ss. 37-58)37. Deciding officers.38. Decisions by deciding officers.39. Employment Appeals Tribunal and appeals and references thereto.39A. Appeal to Labour Court from decision of adjudication officer.40. Reference and appeal to the High Court.41. Revision of decisions.42. Provisions relating to winding up and bankruptcy.43. Recovery of sums due to Social Insurance Fund.44. Application of section 52 of the Act of 1952.45. Application of Section 53 of Act of 1952.46. Aid to unemployed persons changing residence.47. Special redundancy schemes for employees excluded from Act.48. Provision for officers and servants of Córas Iompair Éireann and Óstlanna Iompair Éireann Teoranta.49. Power to modify or wind-up existing schemes and arrangements for the provision of superannuation and redundancy payments.50. Application of Probation of Offenders Act, 1907.51. Voidance of purported exclusion of provisions of this Act.52. Offences by bodies corporate.53. Provisions regarding notices.54. Certificate of decision by deciding officer.55. Power to remove difficulties.56. Expenses of Minister.57. Regulations regarding keeping of records, furnishing of information and inspection of records.58. Regulations providing for offences.Schedule 1 Weekly Payments from the Redundancy FundSchedule 2Schedule 3 Amount of Lump Sum
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AI Summary of 11. Lay-off and short-time.

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Version status: In force | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Version date: 6 April 1979 - onwards
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11. Lay-off and short-time.

(1) Where an employee's employment ceases by reason of his employer's being unable to provide the work for which the employee was employed to do, and -

(a) it is reasonable in the circumstances for that employer to believe that the cessation of employment will not be permanent, and

(b) the employer gives notice to that effect to the employee prior to the cessation,

that cessation of employment shall be regarded for the purposes of this Act as lay-off.

(2) Where -

(a) for any week an employee's remuneration is less than one-half of his normal weekly remuneration or his hours of work are reduced to less than one-half of his normal weekly hours,

(b) the reduction in remuneration or hours of work is caused by a diminution either in the work provided for the employee by his employer or in other work of a kind which under his contract the employee is employed to do.

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