S.I. No. 111/1979 - Redundancy (Notice of Dismissal) Regulations 1979.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Redundancy (Notice of Dismissal) Regulations, 1979.

2. In these Regulations "the notice" means the notice required by

section 17

(1) of the

Redundancy Payments Act, 1967

(No. 21 of 1967), as amended by the

Redundancy Payments Act, 1971

(No. 20 of 1971).

3. The notice shall be given in the form set out in the Schedule to these Regulations and shall contain the appropriate particulars referred to in that form.

4. A copy of the notice shall, at the same time as it is given to the employee concerned, be sent by the employer concerned to the Minister for Labour addressed to his office in Dublin.

5. An employer who fails to comply with these Regulations shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £50.

6. The Redundancy (Notice of Dismissal) Regulations, 1968, (

S.I. No. 2 of 1968

), are hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE

R.P.1.

NOTICE OF PROPOSED DISMISSAL FOR REDUNDANCY

AN ROINN SAOTHAIR—DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR

REDUNDANCY PAYMENTS ACTS 1967 to 1979.

On the date that this notice is given by an employer to the employee a copy of it must be sent to the Minister for Labour addressed to his office in Dublin.

To ............................................................ ............................................................ .............................................. ............................................................ ...................................... (Name and address in full of employee)

Date of Birth ............................................................ ........

Whether Male or Female ............................

Revenue and Social Insurance (PAYE) No ............................................................ ....................................

Social Welfare Insurance No. ............................................................ ...........................................................

Occupation ..................................................

Date Employment Commenced ..................................

Place of Employment ............................................................ ............................................................ ..........

†Type of Business ............................................................ ............................................................ ..............

*Reason for expected redundancy ............................................................ ..................................................

............................................................ ............................................................ .............................................

............................................................ ............................................................ .............................................

It is necessary to terminate your employment by reason of redundancy and in accordance with the provisions of the Redundancy Payments Acts, 1967 to 1979 I

that your employment will terminate on ............................................................ ........................................

............................................................ ............................................................ .............................................

Signed ............................................................ ............

Date ..........................................................

(Signature of Employer)

Business Address ............................................................ ............................................................ ............

............................................................ ............................................................ ................

†Insert description of

business in which redundancy arises

.

*Give brief details of the reason e.g. reduction in jobs due to: reorganisation/fall in demand for product/closure.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 5th day of April, 1979.

GENE FITZGERALD,

Minister for Labour.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The purpose of these regulations is to require employers when giving notice of dismissal under the Redundancy Payments Acts to use the form (R.P.1.) provided by the Minister for this purpose and to send a copy of the completed form to the Minister for Labour addressed to his office in Dublin.

A penalty for failure to comply with the regulations is also specified.

S.I. No. 111 of 1979.

REDUNDANCY (NOTICE OF DISMISSAL) REGULATIONS 1979.

I, GENE FITZGERALD, Minister for Labour, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 17 (as amended by the

Redundancy Payments Act, 1971

(No. 20 of 1971)) and 58 (as amended by the

Redundancy Payments Act, 1979

(No. 7 of 1979)) of the

Redundancy Payments Act, 1967

(No. 21 of 1967), hereby make the following Regulations