A commitment has been given that no scheme will be forced to close as a result of the reduction in grants whilst the financial review is on-going. As such it is not envisaged that any redundancies will arise pending the completion of the review process. Supervisors of Community Employment schemes are employed by independent, community and voluntary organisations. As such these sponsoring groups are the employer and are bound by employment legislation and requirements, including Redundancy legislation.
The funding of redundancy is the responsibility of the employer. In situations where specific Community Employment schemes are closing the employing organisation is responsible for funding redundancy. In the event of the employer not being in a position to make such payments they then have recourse to the Redundancy Payments section within this Department as set out in legislation.