Redundancy

The Redundancy Payments Acts cover individual rights in a redundancy, whereas the Protection of Employment Acts make provisions a collective redundancy situation. Ibec have available a number of publications to help guide members who are currently dealing with a redundancy situation. These publications examine the legislation which employers need to comply with when implementing a redundancy or lay-off or short-time working.

Ibec Redundancy Report 2016

30/01/2017 - A total of 373 companies provided information on conditions of employment in 2016, of whom 86 (23%) had implemented redundancies in the preceding twelve months. The attached document set out comprehensive information in relation to redundancy.

Cases relating to unfair selection for redundancy

27/01/2017 - Under the Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977-2015, redundancy is considered to be a fair ground for dismissal. Two of the most important characteristics of redundancy must be impersonality and change. For a fair redundancy to take place, the emphasis must be on the job and not the person. The onus is on the employer to prove that a genuine redundancy took place and that the processes and selection criteria used were fair

Collective redundancy

23/01/2017 - A collective redundancy sitiuation is governed by the Protection of Employment Acts 1977 to 2014.

Redundancy guideline

23/01/2017 - This guideline is a short reference on the main provisions of the Redundancy Payments Acts.

Sample voluntary redundancy templates

23/01/2017 - In some circumstances for employers facing a redundancy situation it may be possible for to offer voluntary redundancy to those who wish to leave. If the voluntary redundancy programme achieves the necessary reduction in roles, the employer will be in the fortunate position of not having to implement redundancies on a compulsory basis.

Inviting Expressions of Interest in a Voluntary Redundancy Programme

16/07/2014 - To avoid confusion, an organisation should have clear, well communicated stages in any voluntary redundancy process. Above all, it should be obvious to employees, the stage of the process at which a binding contract will be formed.

Redundancy - an employer's guide

15/11/2013 - This report provides guidance to companies when they are faced with a redundancy situation. Issues such as the relevant legislation governing redundancies in Ireland, the selection process of employees, common features of redundancy packages and preparing for redundancy negotiations are also discussed.

A right to appeal a redundancy decision?

15/07/2013 - The last number of years has seen a marked increase in the number of cases before the Employment Appeals Tribunal (the “EAT”), including a significant number of dismissals on the grounds of redundancy being challenged, bringing the law on redundancy dismissals into sharper focus