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Version status: In force | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Published date: 18 December 1967

Redundancy Payments Act, 1967 (No. 21)

Consolidation Status: Updated to reflect all known changes
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Introductory Text
Acts Referred to
Part I Preliminary and General (ss. 1-5)
In force
 1. Short title.
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 2. Interpretation.
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 3. Commencement.
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 4. Classes of persons to which this Act applies.
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 5. Laying of regulations and certain draft orders before Houses of Oireachtas.
Part II Redundancy Payment (ss. 6-25)
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 6. Definitions for Part II.
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 7. General right to redundancy payment.
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 8. Qualification of general right under section 7.
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 9. Dismissal by employer.
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 10. Employee anticipating expiry of employer's notice.
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 11. Lay-off and short-time.
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 12. Right to redundancy payment by reason of lay-off or short-time.
Ceased
 12A. Operation of section 12 - emergency period.
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 13. Right of employer to give counter-notice.
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 14. Disentitlement to redundancy payment because of dismissal for misconduct.
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 15. Disentitlement to redundancy payment for refusal to accept alternative employment.
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 16. Associated companies.
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 17. Notice of proposed dismissal for redundancy.
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 18. Redundancy certificate.
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 19. Payment of lump sum by employer.
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 20. Change of ownership of business.
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 21. Implied or constructive termination of contract.
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 22. Application of this Part upon employer's or employee's death.
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 23. Modification of right to redundancy payment where previous redundancy payment has been paid.
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 24. Time-limit on claims for redundancy payment.
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 25. Employment wholly or partly abroad.
Part III Redundancy Fund (ss. 26-36)
Repealed
 26. Establishment of the Redundancy Fund.
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 27. Employers' redundancy contributions to be paid into Social Insurance Fund.
Deleted
 28. Amount of weekly contribution to Redundancy and Employers' Insolvency Fund.
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 29. Rebates to employers from the Redundancy Fund.
Ceased
 30. Weekly payments to employees from Redundancy Fund.
Ceased
 31. Regulations as to entitlement to weekly payment and to allowance under Industrial Training Act, 1967.
In force
 32. Other payments to employees from Redundancy Fund.
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 32A. Covid-19 related lay-off payment.
Deleted
 33. Regulations as to payment of contributions.
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 34. Preparation and issue of redundancy stamps, etc.
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 35. Persons employed by more than one employer, etc.
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 36. Regulations for Part III.
Part IV Miscellaneous Provisions (ss. 37-58)
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 37. Deciding officers.
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 38. Decisions by deciding officers.
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⚠ 39. Employment Appeals Tribunal and appeals and references thereto.
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 39A. Appeal to Labour Court from decision of adjudication officer.
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 40. Reference and appeal to the High Court.
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 41. Revision of decisions.
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 42. Provisions relating to winding up and bankruptcy.
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 43. Recovery of sums due to Social Insurance Fund.
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 44. Application of section 52 of the Act of 1952.
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 45. Application of Section 53 of Act of 1952.
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 46. Aid to unemployed persons changing residence.
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 47. Special redundancy schemes for employees excluded from Act.
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 48. Provision for officers and servants of Córas Iompair Éireann and Óstlanna Iompair Éireann Teoranta.
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 49. Power to modify or wind-up existing schemes and arrangements for the provision of superannuation and redundancy payments.
Deleted
 50. Application of Probation of Offenders Act, 1907.
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 51. Voidance of purported exclusion of provisions of this Act.
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 52. Offences by bodies corporate.
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 53. Provisions regarding notices.
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 54. Certificate of decision by deciding officer.
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 55. Power to remove difficulties.
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 56. Expenses of Minister.
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 57. Regulations regarding keeping of records, furnishing of information and inspection of records.
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 58. Regulations providing for offences.
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 Schedule 1 Weekly Payments from the Redundancy Fund
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 Schedule 2
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 Schedule 3 Amount of Lump Sum
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