Toddy O'Sullivan
Question:26 Mr. T. O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Labour if he has any plans to introduce legislation to curb the use of voluntary redundancies in profitable companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Written Answers - Redundancy in Companies.
In a situation where our over-riding concern must be the creation of jobs I would be concerned that there should not be any unnecessary redundancies whether these are compulsory or voluntary. I would point out, however, that the question of voluntary redundancies is a matter for discussion and agreement between employers, workers and their unions through collective bargaining and is not something which is appropriate for legislation.
Michael Bell
Question:27 Mr. Bell asked the Minister for Labour if he will outline the form and content of Departmental form RP 14 which is used when a company, in a situation of informal insolvency, has not paid the redundancy lump sum or has dissolved without paying it to former employees.
Form RP14 is used in all cases where employees apply for payment from the social insurance fund of their statutory redundancy lump sums because of failure by their employer to make the payment. Its use is not, therefore, limited to the types of circumstances mentioned in the question.
Form RP14 concerns details which are required to establish the employee's entitlement to a redundancy lump sum and the amount of such entitlement where the employer has failed to pay. These details include the employer's name, business address, the name and address of the employer's representative (i.e. a liquidator or receiver), the reason for non-payment of the lump sum by the employer, the employee's own name, address and revenue and social insurance number.