AI Summary of 6. Employees' rights on insolvency of employer.
This legislation outlines the conditions under which the Minister may authorise payments from the Social Insurance Fund to employees who are owed certain debts due to their employer’s insolvency. Key criteria include the employee's eligibility, the employer's insolvency date, and the type of indebtedness, which may encompass unpaid wages, holiday pay, and compensation as specified under various statutes.
Notably, the Act stipulates that any payment is contingent upon the issuance of specified determinations or recommendations, with an emphasis on timely claims and appropriate legal avenues. Rigorous compliance with procedural requirements is essential to ensure the successful recovery of owed amounts.
6. Employees' rights on insolvency of employer.
(1) If, on an application made to him in the prescribed form by or on behalf of an individual, the Minister is satisfied that -
(a) the person by or on whose behalf the application is made (which person is in this section subsequently referred to as ''the applicant'') is a person to whom this Act applies, and that he was employed by an employer who has become insolvent, and
(b) the date on which the employer became insolvent is a day not earlier than the 22nd day of October, 1983, and
(c) on the relevant date the applicant was entitled to be paid the whole or part of any debt to which this section applies,
the Minister shall, subject to this section, pay to or in respect of the applicant out of the Social Insurance Fund the amount which, in the opinion of the Minister, is or was due to the applicant in respect of that debt.
(a) Subject to paragraph (b) of this subsection, the following are debts to which this section applies -