Paul Bradford
Question:108 Mr. Bradford asked the Minister for Enterprise and Employment if a person (details supplied) in County Cork, who has been employed for approximately 20 years as a casual rig worker, has any redundancy entitlements.
Written Answers. - Redundancy Entitlements.
The Redundancy Payments Acts, 1967 to 1991, provide basically that an employee with 104 weeks' continuous service who is normally expected to work at least 18 hours per week for his employer (or not less than 8 hours per week in the case of a regular part-time employee) whose employment is terminated because of redundancy is entitled to a redundancy lump-sum payment from that employer. A redundancy situation arises in general where an employee's job no longer exists and he/she is not replaced.
It is not possible, from the information supplied, to state whether or not the person named by the Deputy would be entitled to a statutory redundancy lump sum payment, if declared redundant by his employer. Before a decision could be made as to any entitlement he may have, it would be necessary to have further details of his employment record. Stated above is the general position but further details may be had from the Redundancy Payments Section of the Department by ringing 6765861 Extension 3060.