asked the Minister for Labour when payment under the statutory redundancy scheme will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Waterford.
Written Answers. - Redundancy Payment.
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My Department have no record of any claim for a redundancy payment in respect of the person concerned.
Under the Redundancy Payments Acts the responsibility for payment of a redundancy lump sum is a matter in the first instance for the employer concerned. If the employer refuses or fails to make the payment within a reasonable time, an employee can apply to my Department for direct payment from the Redundancy and Employers' Insolvency Fund. Such application must, however, be supported by evidence of entitlement to a redundancy lump sum either in the form of a redundancy certificate (R.P.2) issued by the employer or, where entitlement is contested by the employer, a decision of the Employment Appeals Tribunal in the employee's favour.
The person concerned in the question should, therefore, approach his employer in the first instance about payment of any redundancy lump sum to which he considers he is entitled. If the employer fails to issue him with a redundancy certificate it is then open to him to appeal to the Employment Appeals Tribunal for a determination of his entitlement.