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Uimhir 20 de 1971
AN tACHT UM ÍOCAÍOCHTAÍ IOMARCAÍOCHTA, 1971
[An tiontú oifigiúil.]
Míniú.
1.—San Acht seo ciallaíonn “an Príomh-Acht” an tAcht um Iocaíochtaí Iomarcaíochta, 1967.
Leathnú ar fheidhm forálacha áirithe de na hAchtanna
2.—Maidir le fostaí a bhfoirceannfar a fhostaíocht mar gheall ar iomarcaíocht ar dháta thosach feidhme an Achta seo nó dá éis sin, aon fhoráil den Phríomh-Acht nó den Acht seo a dhéanann difear do leanúntas fhostaíocht, nó a bhaineann le leanúntas fhostaíocht, an fhostaí beidh feidhm acu maidir le tréimhsí fostaíochta roimh an lú lá d'Eanáir, 1968, mar atá feidhm acu maidir le tréimhsí den sórt sin tar éis an dáta sin.
Forálacha maidir le daoine a shlánaíonn 70 bliain d'aois.
3.—(1) D'ainneoin alt 4 (1) den Phríomh-Acht, ní bhainfidh an tAcht sin le duine a raibh 70 bliain d'aois slán aige an dáta a tháinig deireadh lena fhostaíocht.
(2) D'ainneoin fho-alt (1) den alt seo, aon duine a bheidh ag fáil íocaíochta seachtainiúla nuair a shlánóidh sé 70 bliain d'aois leanfaidh sé de bheith i dteideal cibé íocaíochtaí seachtainiúla eile a fháil a bheadh sé i dteideal a fháil dá mbeadh sé gan an aois sin a bheith slán aige.
Leasú ar alt 7 den Phríomh-Acht.
4.—Leasaítear leis seo alt 7 den Phríomh-Acht—
(i) tríd an méid seo a leanas a chur in ionad fho-alt (2) (b):
“(b) go bhfuil deireadh nó go bhfuil coinne ann go mbeidh deireadh le riachtanas, nó go bhfuil coinne ann, nó go meastar go bhfuil coinne ann, go mbeidh laghdú ar riachtanas, sa ghnó sin le fostaithe chun obair de chineál áirithe a dhéanamh san áit a raibh sé ar fostú amhlaidh, nó
(c) go bhfuil cinnte ag a fhostóir an gnó a sheoladh le huimhir níos lú fostaithe nó gan aon fhostaí, cibé acu trína cheangal go ndéanfaidh fostaithe eile nó go ndéanfar ar shlí eile an obair dá raibh an fostaí ar fostú (nó a bhí sé a dhéanamh sular briseadh é), nó
(d) go bhfuil cinnte ag a fhostóir gur ar shlí eile nach bhfuil an fostaí sách cáilithe nó sách oilte chuici a dhéanfaí feasta an obair dá raibh an fostaí ar fostú (nó a bhí sé a dhéanamh sular briseadh é), nó
(e) go bhfuil cinnte ag a fhostóir gur duine atá ábalta freisin ar obair eile a dhéanamh nach bhfuil an fostaí sách cáilithe ná sách oilte chuici a dhéanfadh feasta an obair dá raibh an fostaí ar fostú (nó a bhí sé a dhéanamh sular briseadh é),”
agus
(ii) tríd an bhfo-alt seo a leanas a chur isteach in ndiaidh fho-alt (4):
“(4A) Le linn a bheith á dhéanamh amach, chun críocha fho-alt (2) (c), an bhfuil cinnte ag fostóir gnó a sheoladh le huimhir níos lú fostaithe nó gan aon fhostaí, ní chuirfear i gcuntas na daoine seo a leanas de theaghlach an fhostóra—
athair, máthair, leasathair, leasmháthair, mac, iníon, leanbh uchtaithe, ua, banua, leasmhac, leasiníon, deartháir, deirfiúr, deartháir leasghaolmhar, deirfiúr leasghaolmhar.”.
Leasú ar alt 20 den Phríomh-Acht.
5.—Leasaítear leis seo alt 20 den Phríomh-Acht tríd an bhfo-alt seo a leanas a chur isteach in ndiaidh fho-alt (5):
“(5A) I gcás a luaitear i bhfo-alt (1) (a), beidh urbhac ar an úinéir nua a shéanadh go raibh an fostaí i bhfostaíocht leanúnach (de réir brí Sceideal 3) mura gcuirfidh sé in iúl, laistigh de 26 seachtain ó úinéireacht athrú, don fhostaí go bhfuil sé chun séanadh amhlaidh.”.
Feidhm alt 20 den Phríomh-Acht.
6.—(1) I gcás—
(i) ina dtiocfaidh athrú a bhainfidh le rialú nó bainistí gnó (nó coda de ghnó) a bhfuil duine ar fostú chuige ach nach n-athróidh úinéireacht an ghnó sin (nó coda de),
(ii) go mbainfeadh alt 20 den Phríomh-Acht leis an athrú sin dá mba athrú é ar úinéireacht an ghnó (nó coda de), agus
(iii) ina nglacfaidh fostaí de chuid an réamh-úinéara, sula mbeidh a chonradh fostaíochta leis an réamh-úinéir foirceannta nó ar an gconradh sin a fhoirceannadh nó laistigh de cheithre sheachtain don chonradh sin a fhoirceannadh, le tairiscint ón úinéir nua ar fhostaíocht san áit fostaíochta chéanna agus ar théarmaí comhionann lena théarmaí láithreacha fostaíochta nó nach lú bhuntáiste ábhartha don fhostaí ná a théarmaí láithreacha fostaíochta,
bainfidh an t-alt sin 20 leis an athrú sin ionann dá mbeadh athrú tar éis teacht ar úinéireacht an ghnó sin (nó coda de).
(2) San alt seo ciallaíonn “réamh-úinéir” agus “úinéir nua” faoi seach na daoine arbh iad an réamh-úinéir agus an t-úinéir nua iad de réir brí an ailt sin 20 dá mbeadh úinéireacht gnó (nó coda de) tar éis athrú.
Leasú ar alt 39 den Phríomh-Acht.
7.—Leasaítear leis seo alt 39 den Phríomh-Acht—
(a) tríd an méid seo a leanas a chur in ionad fho-alt (2) (a)—
“(a) cathaoirleach a mbeidh, sula gceapfar é, 7 mbliana ar a laghad taithí aige mar abhcóide cleachtach nó mar aturnae cleachtach,”,
agus
(b) tríd an méid seo a leanas a chur in ionad fho-alt (2) (c)—
“(c) 12 ghnáthchomhalta ar a laghad agus 24 ghnáthchomhalta ar a mhéid.”
Iocaíocht iomarcaíochta d'fhostaithe áirithe a briseadh roimh thosach feidhme an Achta seo.
8.—(1) I gcás fostaí a briseadh roimh thosach feidhme an Achta seo nach raibh i dteideal íocaíochta iomarcaíochta faoin bPríomh-Acht i leith a bhriste ar aon aon-chúis nach raibh deireadh nó nach raibh coinne ann go mbeadh deireadh leis an riachtanas, nó nach raibh laghdú, nó nach raibh coinne go mbeadh laghdú, ar an riachtanas, sa ghnó a bhí á sheoladh ag a fhostóir, le fostaithe chun obair de chineál áirithe a dhéanamh, nó chun an obair sin a dhéanamh san áit a raibh an fostaí ar fostú amhlaidh, féadfaidh an tAire, dá rogha féin agus d'ainneoin an Phríomh-Achta, suim a íoc leis an bhfostaí sin as an gCiste Iomarcaíochta ar cóimhéid leis an tsuim a mbeadh teideal aige chuici dá mbeadh deireadh nó coinne ann go mbeadh deireadh leis an riachtanas sin nó dá mbeadh laghdú nó dá mbeadh coinne ann go mbeadh laghdú ar an riachtanas sin.
(2) Maidir leis na leasuithe ar an bPríomh-Acht dá dtagraítear in alt 19 (2), féadfaidh an tAire, maidir le briseadh as fostaíocht nó fostaíocht a fhoirceannadh sa tréimhse dar tosach an 22ú lá d'Eanáir, 1971, agus dar críoch dáta thosach feidhme an ailt seo agus d'ainneoin an Phríomh-Achta, aon airgead a dtiocfaidh fostaí chun teideal a bheith aige chuige de bhua an ailt sin 19 (2) a íoc leis an bhfostaí as an gCiste Iomarcaíochta.
Tarchur agus achomharc chun na hArd-Chúirte.
9.—Déantar leis seo an t-alt seo a leanas a chur in ionad alt 40 den Phríomh-Acht:
“40. (1) I gcás ina ndéanfar aon cheist, seachas ceist a shonraítear in alt 38 (1) (a), 38 (1) (b), nó 38 (1) (c), a tharchur chun an Bhinse, féadfaidh an tAire, ar an mBinse á iarraidh sin, an cheist a tharchur chun na hArd-Chúirte chun breith a thabhairt uirthi.
(2) I gcás ina dtarchuirfidh an tAire ceist chun na hArd-Chúirte chun breith a thabhairt uirthi faoin alt seo, nó i gcás ina ndéanfaidh duine achomharc chun na hArd-Chúirte faoi alt 39 (14), féadfaidh an chúirt, dá rogha féin, a ordú go ndéanfaidh an tAire costais (go hiomlán nó go páirteach mar a ordófar amhlaidh) arna measúnú páirtí a mbeidh baint aige leis an ábhar a íoc as an gCiste Iomarcaíochta.
(3) I gcás ina dtarchuirfidh an tAire ceist chun na hArd-Chúirte chun breith a thabhairt uirthi faoin alt seo, féadfaidh sé ionadaíocht mar phaírtí a bheith aige sa chúirt sin le linn an cheist a bheith á héisteacht.”.
Toimhdeanna ag an mBinse.
10.—Chun críocha tarchuir chun an Bhinse—
(a) toimhdeofar fostaíocht duine a bheith leanúnach i gcaitheamh aon tréimhse áirithe, mura gcruthófar a mhalairt;
(b) measfar gur mar gheall ar iomarcaíocht a bhris a fhostóir fostaí a briseadh, mura gcruthófar a mhalairt;
(c) beidh aird ag an mBinse, tar éis dul i gcomhairle le haon duine nó comhlacht ar a mbeidh ceangal reachta íosphá nó íosrátaí pá a shocrú nó a chinneadh, nó comhaontuithe fostaíochta a chlárú faoin Acht Caidrimh Thionscail, 1946, ar aon íosphá nó íosráta den sórt sin is cóir nó is iomchuí.
Ceart chun íocaíochta iomarcaíochta mar gheall ar asleagan nó gearr-am.
11.—Déantar leis seo an t-alt seo a leanas a chur in ionad alt 12 den Phríomh Acht:
“12.—(1) Ní bheidh fostaí i dteideal íocaíochta mar gheall ar é a asleagan nó a choimeád ar gearr-am mura rud é—
(a) go raibh sé asleagtha nó coimeádta ar gearr-am ar feadh ceithre sheachtain choimhleanúnacha nó níos mó nó, laistigh de thréimhse trí sheachtain déag, ar feadh sraithe sé sheachtain nó níos mó nár sheachtainí comhleanúnacha níos mó ná trí cinn acu, agus
(b) go ndéanfaidh sé, tar éis éag don tréimhse iomchuí asleagain nó gearr-ama a luaitear i mír (a) agus tráth nach déanaí ná ceithre sheachtain tar éis deireadh leis an asleagan nó leis an ngearr-am, fógra (dá ngairtear sa Chuid seo fógra go bhfuiltear chun éileamh a dhéanamh) i scríbhinn dá fhostóir go bhfuil sé chun íocaíocht iomarcaíochta a éileamh i leith asleagain nó gearr-ama.
(2) I gcás na dtarlóidh, tar éis éag don tréimhse iomchuí asleagain nó gearr-ama a luaitear i bhfo-alt (1) (a) agus tráth nach déanaí na ceithre sheachtain tar éis deireadh a bheith leis an asleagan nó leis an ngearr-am, go ndéanfaidh fostaí lena mbainfidh an fo-alt sin, in ionad fógra go bhfuiltear chun éileamh a dhéanamh a thabhairt dá fhostóir, a chonradh fostaíochta a fhoirceannadh tríd an bhfógra a thabhairt dó a cheanglaíonn a chonradh a thabhairt nó, mura gceanglaítear amhlaidh fógra a thabhairt, trí fhógra seachtaine ar a laghad i scríbhinn a thabhairt dó go bhfuil sé chun an conradh a fhoirceannadh, measfar, chun críocha na Coda seo agus Sceideal 2, maidir leis an bhfógra a thabharfar amhlaidh gur fógra é go bhfuiltear chun éileamh a dhéanamh a thug an fostaí i scríbhinn don fhostóir an dáta a thabharfar an fógra iarbhír.”
orainn ama héilithe ar caíocht narcaíochta.
12.—(1) Leasaítear leis seo alt 24 den Phríomh-Acht tríd an bhfo-alt seo a leanas a chur isteach ag deireadh an ailt sin:
“(2) D'ainneoin aon fhoráil den Acht seo, ní bheidh fostaí i dteideal íocaíochta seachtainiúla mura mbeidh sé tagtha chun teideal a bheith aige chun cnapshuime.”.
(2) Maidir le briseadh nó foirceannadh fostaíochta a tharlóidh tráth nach luaithe ná 30 seachtain roimh thosach feidhme an ailt seo, beidh feidhm ag alt 24 den Phríomh Acht ionann is—
(a) dá gcuirfí “52 seachtain” in ionad “30 seachtain”, agus
(b) dá gcuirfí an fo-alt seo a leanas isteach i ndiaidh fho-alt (2) (a cuirtear isteach leis an alt seo):
“(2A) I gcás ina mainneoidh fostaí cnapshuim a éileamh laistigh den tréimhse 52 seachtain a luaitear i bhfo-alt (1) (arna leasú) agus go ndéanfaidh sé éileamh den sórt sin roimh dheireadh na tréimhse 104 sheachtain dar tosach dáta a bhriste nó dáta a fhostaíocht a fhoirceannadh, féadfaidh an Binse, más deimhin leis go mbeadh teideal chun na cnapshuime ag an bhfostaí agus gur chúis réasúnach a bhí leis an mainneachtain, a dhearbhú go bhfuil teideal chun na cnapshuime ag an bhfostaí agus air sin tiocfaidh sé chun an teideal sin a bheith aige.”
Lacáistí d'fhostóirí as an gCiste lomarcaíochta.
13.—Déantar leis seo an t-alt seo a leanas a chur in ionad alt 29 den Phríomh-Acht:
“29. (1) Faoi réir na Coda seo, íocfaidh an tAire as an gCiste Iomarcaíochta le fostóir a íocfaidh cnapshuim suim (dá ngairtear lacáiste sa Chuid seo) ar cóimhéid—
(a) i gcás nach mó an chnapshuim ná fiche oiread an ghnáth-luach saothair sheachtainiúil iomchuí arna ríomh de réir Sceideal 3—le 55 faoin gcéad den chnapshuim,
(b) i gcás inar mó an chnapshuim ná fiche oiread an ghnáthluach saothair sheachtainiúil iomchuí arna ríomh amhlaidh—lena gcomhiomlán seo a leanas—
(i) 55 faoin gcéad den toradh ón ngnáth-luach saothair seachtainiúil iomchuí a iolrú ar fhiche,
(ii) an méid a bheidh de bhreis ag an gcnapshuim ar an toradh sin.
(2) Aon fhostóir a thabharfaidh don Aire cóip d'fhógra faoi alt 17 ar dháta trí sheachtain nó níos mó roimh dháta an bhriste beidh sé i dteideal an lacáiste dá dtagraítear i bhfo-alt (1) arna mhéadú, in aghaidh gach fógra seachtaine de bhreis ar na tréimhse is gá de réir alt 17—
(a) i gcás cnapshuim lena mbaineann fo-alt (1) (a), 2½ faoin gcéad den chnapshuim; ar choinníoll nach rachaidh lacáiste in aon chás thar an tsuim sin arb í cóimhéid 70 faoin gcéad den chnapshuim sin í; agus
(b) i gcás cnapshuim lena mbaineann fo-alt (1) (b), 2½ faoin gcéad den chuid sin den chnapshuim dá dtagraítear i bhfo-alt (1) (b) (i); ar choinníoll nach rachaidh lacáiste in aon chás thar an tsuim arb í cóimhéid 70 faoin gcéad den chuid sin den chnapshuim í.
(3) D'ainneoin fho-alt (1), aon uair a mhainneoidh fostóir aon fhoráil atá in alt 17 a chomhlíonadh, féadfaidh an tAire, dá rogha féin—
(b) i gcás cnapshuim lena mbaineann fo-alt (1) (a), an méid lacáiste is iníoctha i leith na cnapshuime sin a laghdú; ar choinníoll nach mbeidh an méid a bheidh sa lacáiste sin arna laghdú amhlaidh níos lú in aon chás ná 45 faoin gcéad den chnapshuim sin, agus
(b) i gcás cnapshuim lena mbaineann fo-alt (1) (b), an méid lacáiste is iníoctha i leith na coda sin den chnapshuim dá dtagraítear i bhfo-alt (1) (b) (i) a laghdú; ar choinníoll nach mbeidh an méid a bheidh sa lacáiste sin arna laghdú amhlaidh níos lú in aon chás ná 45 faoin gcéad den chuid sin den chnapshuim.
(4) I gcás ina dtabharfaidh fostóir fógra d'fhostaí faoi alt 17 agus ina gcuirfidh sé cóip den fhógra chuig an Aire, déanfar aon tréimhse tar éis dáta an bhriste bheartaithe mar a bheidh leagtha amach san fhógra sin a bhfanfaidh an fostaí go toildheonach i bhfostaíocht faoin bhfostaí lena mbainfidh agus a leanfaidh an fostóir ag íoc a luach saothair rialta leis a chur san áireamh le linn ríomh a bheith á dhéanamh, chun críocha fho-alt (2), ar an ráta lacáiste is iníoctha leis an bhfostóir sin.”
Iocaíochtaí eile d'fhostaithe as an gCiste
1887, c. 57.
1265, Uimh. 27.
14.—Déantar leis seo an t-alt seo a leanas a chur in ionad alt 32 den Phríomh-Acht:
“32. (1) Nuair a éileoidh fostaí go ndlíonn fostóir cnapshuim a íoc leis faoi alt 19 agus—
(a) go mbeidh gach beart réasúnach (seachas imeachtaí dlíthiúla) déanta ag an bhfostaí chun íoc na cnapshuime a fháil ón bhfostóir agus go mbeidh diúltaithe nó mainnithe ag an bhfostóir í a íoc nó go mbeidh cuid di íoctha aige agus go mbeidh diúltaithe nó mainnithe aige an iarmhéid a íoc, nó
(b) go mbeidh an fostóir dócmhainneach agus go mbeidh iomlán na cnapshuime nó cuid di gan íoc, nó
(c) go mbeidh an fostóir básaithe agus nach mbeidh probháid a uachta ná litreacha riaracháin i leith a eastáit deonaithe, agus go mbeidh iomlán na cnapshuime nó cuid di gan íoc,
féadfaidh an fostaí íocaíocht faoin alt seo a iarraidh ar an Aire.
(2) Más deimhin leis an Aire, ar iarratas a bheith déanta faoin alt seo, go bhfuil an fostaí i dteideal cnapshuime faoi alt 19 a bhfuil a hiomlán nó cuid di gan íoc, íocfaidh an tAire leis an bhfostaí as an gCiste Iomarcaíochta an méid sin den chnapshuim a bheidh gan íoc.
(3) Ar an Aire d'íoc íocaíochta faoin alt seo, beidh, air sin, cearta agus leighsanna eile an fhostaí i leith na cnapshuime a bheidh i gceist, nó, má bhíonn an tAire tar éis cuid di a íoc, i leith na coda sin, arna n-aistriú chuig an Aire agus arna ndílsiú dó agus íocfar isteach sa Chiste Iomarcaíochta aon airgead a ghnóthóidh an tAire de bhua an fho-ailt seo.
(4) Nuair a íocfaidh an tAire, i gcás lena mbaineann fo-alt (1) (a), íocaíocht le fostaí faoi fho-alt (2), éileoidh an tAire ar an bhfostóir suim ar cóimhéid leis an íocaíocht a d'íoc an tAire faoi fho-alt (2) lúide méid an lacáiste ab iníoctha leis an bhfostóir as an gCiste Iomarcaíochta faoi alt 29 dá n-íocadh an fostóir an chnapshuim leis an bhfostaí, ach amháin, más dóigh leis an Aire gur gan chúis réasúnach an diúltú nó an mhainneachtain ag an bhfostóir, go bhféadfaidh an tAire aon lacáiste a choimeád siar a mbeadh teideal, thairis sin, ag an bhfostóir chuige nó méid an lacáiste a laghdú an oiread sin is cuí leis an Aire, agus i gceachtar cás den sórt sin féadfar méid an éilimh ón Aire ar an bhfostóir faoin bhfo-alt seo a mhéadú dá réir sin.
(5) Nuair a íocfaidh an tAire, i gcás lena mbaineann fo-alt (1) (b), íocaíocht le fostaí faoi fho-alt (2), beidh an tAire i dteideal éileamh a dhéanamh san fhéimheacht, sa chomhshocraíocht, i riaracháin an eastáit dhócmhainnigh nó san fhoirceannadh (de réir mar a bheidh) i leith suim, agus ní bheidh ach amháin i leith suim, ar cóimhéid leis an íocaíocht a d'íoc an tAire faoi fho-alt (2) lúide méid an lacáiste ab iníoctha leis an bhfostóir as an gCiste Iomarcaíochta faoi alt 29 dá n-íocadh an fostóir an chnapshuim leis an bhfostaí.
(6) Nuair a íocfaidh an tAire, i gcás lena mbaineann fo-alt (1) (c), íocaíocht le fostaí faoi fho-alt (2), beidh an tAire i dteideal éileamh a dhéanamh ar eastát an fhostóra éagtha i leith suim, agus ní bheidh ach amháin i leith suim, ar cóimhéid leis an íocaíocht a d'íoc an tAire faoi fho-alt (2) lúide méid an lacáiste ab iníoctha le heastát an fhostóra éagtha as an gCiste Iomarcaíochta faoi alt 29 dá n-íoctaí an chnapshuim leis an bhfostaí as eastát an fhostóra éagtha.
(7) Chun críche an ailt seo measfar fostóir a bheith dócmhainneach—
(a) má tá an fostóir breithnithe ina fhéimheach, tar éis achainí ar chomhshocraíocht a chomhadú nó tar éis gníomhas comhshocraíochta a fhorghníomhú (de réir brí alt 4 den Deeds of Arrangement Act, 1887),
(b) má tá an fostóir tar éis bháis agus go bhfuil a eastát, agus é dócmhainneach, á riaradh de réir na rialacha atá leagtha amach i gCuid 1 den Chéad Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Acht Comharbais, 1965, nó
(c) más cuideachta an fostóir, agus go bhfuil an chuideachta dócmhainneach agus á foirceannadh.”.
Forálacha a bhaineann le scéimeanna speisialta iomarcaíochta.
15.—(1) Féadfaidh páirtí in aon díospóid a éireoidh faoi scéim speisialta iomarcaíochta an díospóid a tharchur chun an Bhinse agus measfar gur ceist í a tarchuireadh faoi alt 39 den Phríomh-Acht chun an Bhinse le breith a thabhairt ar an gceist.
(2) Chun airgead a sholáthar chun íocaíochtaí a íoc a bheidh le híoc, faoin Acht seo, as ciste a bunaíodh faoi scéim speisialta iomarcaíochta, íocfar isteach sa chiste sin—
(a) mar a fhorálfar sa scéim sin, ranníocaí a bheidh comhdhéanta de ranníoc ó fhostóirí agus de ranníoc ó fhostaithe, agus
(b) airleacain mar a fhoráiltear dóibh i bhfo-ailt (3) agus (4).
(3) Féadfaidh an tAire Airegadais ó am go ham, ar mholadh ón Aire, i gcás aon chiste a bunaíodh faoi scéim speisialta iomarcaíochta airgead a airleacan chun an chiste sin ionas go bhféadfar íocaíochtaí is gá faoin scéim a íoc as an gciste, agus is as an bPríomh-Chiste nó a thoradh fáis a íocfar aon airleacain faoin bhfo-alt seo agus beidh na hairleacain sin faoi réir cibé téarmaí maidir le hús agus aisíoc a chinnfidh an tAire Airgeadais.
(4) Féadfaidh an tAire, le toiliú an Aire Airgeadais, údarás a thabhairt ó am go ham airgead a aistriú as an gCiste Iomarcaíochta isteach in aon chiste a bunaíodh faoi scéim speisialta iomarcaíochta, agus beidh aon airgead a aistreofar faoin bhfo-alt seo inaisíoctha leis an gCiste Iomarcaíochta ar cibé téarmaí (lena n-áirítear téarmaí maidir le hús) a chinnfidh an tAire Airgeadais.
(5) (a) Beidh ciste a bhunófar faoi scéim speisialta iomarcaíochta comhdhéanta de chuntas reatha a bhainisteoidh agus a rialóidh an tAire agus cuntas infheistíochta a bhainisteoidh agus a rialóidh an tAire Airgeadais.
(b) Ach amháin mar a bhforáiltear a mhalairt go sainráite, déanfar suimeanna is iníoctha isteach i gciste a bunaíodh faoi scéim speisialta iomarcaíochta a íoc isteach i gcuntas reatha an chiste sin agus is amach as an gcuntas sin a íocfar suimeanna is iníoctha amach as an gciste sin.
(c) Déanfar airgead a bheidh chun creidiúna cuntas reatha ciste a bunaíodh faoi scéim speisialta iomarcaíochta agus nach mbeidh ag teastáil le haghaidh caiteachais reatha a aistriú isteach i gcuntas infheistíochta an chiste sin.
(d) Aon uair nach mbeidh an t-airgead a bheidh i gcuntas reatha a bunaíodh faoi scéim speisialta iomarcaíochta dóthanach faoi chomhair dliteanais an chuntais sin, déanfar cibé suimeanna is gá chun na dliteanais sin a ghlanadh a aistriú isteach sa chuntas as cuntas infheistíochta an chiste sin.
(e) Faoi réir mhír (d), infheisteoidh an tAire Airgeadais airgead a bheidh chun creidiúna chuntas infheistíochta ciste a bunaíodh faoi scéim speisialta iomarcaíochta, agus íocfar isteach sa chuntas sin aon ioncam ó aon infheistiú den sort sin.
(f) Féadfar aon infheistiú de bhun mhír (e) a dhéanamh in aon urrúis a bhfuil cumhacht de thuras na huaire de réir dlí ag iontaobhaithe cistí iontaobhais a infheistiú iontu nó in aon chuid de na stoic de na cistí agus de na hurrúis a bheidh údaraithe de thuras na huaire de réir dlí mar infheistíochtaí do chistí Bhanc Taisce an Phoist.
(g) Déanfar cuntais ciste a bunaíodh faoi scéim speisialta iomarcaíochta a ullmhú i cibé foirm, i cibé slí agus cibé tráthanna a ordóidh an tAire Airgeadais agus scrúdóidh agus deimhneoidh an tArd-Reachtaire Cuntas agus Ciste gach cuntas den sórt sin agus déanfar cóip den chéanna, mar aon le tuarascáil an Ard-Reachtaire Cuntas agus Ciste ar an gcéanna, a leagan faoi bhráid gach Tí den Oireachtas.
Cionta a bhaineann le híocaíochtaí faoin bPríomh-Acht.
16.—(1) Aon duine a éileoidh íocaíocht sheachtainiúil go calaoiseach, a iarrfaidh go calaoiseach íocaíocht faoi alt 32 den Phríomh-Acht nó a éileoidh lacáiste go calaoiseach beidh sé ciontach i gcion agus ar a chiontú go hachomair dlífear fíneáil mach mó ná caoga punt a chur air.
(2) Aon duine a chabhróidh nó a neartóidh le haon duine nó a chomhairleoidh d'aon duine nó thabharfaidh ar aon duine cion faoi fho-alt (1) den alt seo a dhéanamh beidh sé ciontach i gcion agus ar a chiontú go hachomair dlífear fíneáil nach mó ná caoga punt a chur air.
(3) D'ainneoin aon fhoráil d'aon Acht a shonraíonn an tréimhse ar lena linn a fhéadfar imeachtaí achoimre a thosú, féadfar imeachtaí a thosú i leith ciona faoin alt seo aon tráth sa tréimhse trí mhí ón dáta a chuirfidh an tAire eolas ar fhianaise is leor, dar leis, le gur cheart ionchúiseamh a thionscnamh i leith an chiona, nó laistigh den tréimhse dhá mhí dhéag tar éis an cion a dhéanamh, cibé tréimhse díobh is déanaí a éagfaidh.
Comhshocraíochtaí comharaíochta.
17.—(1) Féadfaidh an tAire cibé orduithe a dhéanamh is gá chun comhshocraíochta comharaíochta nó comhshocraíochta eile a dhéanamh, a dhéanfar leis an údarás cuí faoi aon Rialtas eile, i leith ábhair a bhaineann le híocaíochtaí iomarcaíochta, agus féadfaidh sé, le haon ordú den sórt sin, cibé oiriúnuithe agus modhnuithe is cuí leis a dhéanamh ar an bPríomh-Acht.
(2) Féadfaidh an tAire, le hordú, ordú faoin alt seo a leasú nó a chúlghairm.
Cúnamh do dhaoine a athróidh áit chónaithe nó a bheidh á n-oiliúint.
18.—Déantar leis seo an méid seo a leanas a chur in ionad alt 46 (1) den Phríomh-Acht.
“(1) Féadfaidh an tAire, chun polasaí eacnamaíoch náisiúnta a chur chun cinn, rialacháin a dhéanamh, le toiliú an Aire Airgeadais, do sholáthar cúnamh airgid as airgead a sholáthróidh an tOireachtas—
(a) do dhaoine a bhfuil orthu a ngnáth-áit chónaithe a athrú chun dul i mbun fostaíochta a thairg nó a d'fhormheas an tSeirbhís Náisiúnta Daonchumachta, nó
(b) chun a chumasú do dhaoine taisteal lena roghnú le haghaidh oiliúna in ionaid oiliúna cheadaithe nó cúrsaí oiliúna a chur isteach in ionad den sórt sin.”
Leasuithe ilghnéitheacha ar an bPríomh-Acht.
19.—(1) Déantar leis seo gach foráil den Phríomh-Acht a luaitear i gcolún (1) den Sceideal a ghabhann leis seo a leasú sa tslí a luaitear i gcolún (2) den Sceideal sin os coinne lua na forála sin i gcolún (1).
(2) D'ainneoin alt 20 (3), measfar gur tháinig an t-alt seo, a mhéid a bhaineann sé leis an gcéad leasú ar alt 4 den Phríomh-Acht, leis an gcéad leasú ar alt 7 den Acht sin, leis an gcúigiú leasú ar Sceideal 1 den Acht sin agus leis an gceathrú leasú ar Sceideal 3 den Acht sin, i ngníomh an 22ú lá d'Eanáir, 1971.
Gearrtheideal, forléiriú, comhlua agus tosach feidhme.
20.—(1) Féadfar a tAcht um Íocaíochtaí Iomarcaíochta, 1971, a ghairm den Acht seo.
(2) Forléireofar an Príomh-Acht agus an tAcht seo mar aon Acht amháin agus féadfar na hAchtanna um Íocaíochtaí Iomarcaíochta, 1967 agus 1971, a ghairm díobh le chéile.
(3) Tiocfaidh an tAcht seo a ngníomh cibé lá a cheapfaidh an tAire le hordú.
AN SCEIDEAL
Leasuithe Ilghnéitheacha ar an bPríomh-Acht
An Fhoráil a Leasaítear | An Leasú |
(1) | (2) |
Alt 2. | An méid seo a leanas a chur i bhfo-alt (1) in ionad an mhínithe ar “an tSeirbhís Fostaíochta”— |
“ciallaíonn ‘an tSeirbhís Daonchumhachta Náisiúnta’ an tseirbhís ar a dtugtar an teideal sin agus a oibrítear faoi rialú an Aire;”. | |
“nó le halt 11 (3) (de réir mar a bheidh)” a chur isteach i ndiaidh “le halt 11 (2)” sa mhíniú ar “gearr-am”. | |
Alt 4. | “ceithre bliana” a chur in ionad “dhá bhliain” i bhfo-alt (1). |
An méid seo a leanas a chur isteach i ndiaidh fho-alt (3) (b): | |
“(c) Nuair a bheifear ag rianú aon ghaoil chun críocha mhír (b)— | |
(i) measfar gur sliocht dlisteanach leis an uchtóir nó leis na huchtóirí duine a uchtaíodh faoi na hAchtanna Uchtála, 1952 agus 1964; | |
(ii) faoi réir chlásal (i) den mhír seo, measfar gur sliocht dlisteanach a mháthar agus a athar toimhdean duine neamhdlisteanach; | |
(iii) aon duine atá in loco parentis do dhuine eile measfar gurb é tuiste an duine eile é.”. | |
Alt 5. | “nó faoi alt 17 den Acht um Iocaíochtaí Iomarcaíochta, 1971” a chur isteach i ndiaidh “47” i bhfo-alt (1). |
Alt 7. | “ceithre bliana” a chur in ionad “dhá bhliain” i bhfo-alt (1) (b). |
“104 sheachtain” a chur in ionad “208 seachtain” i bhfo-alt (5). | |
Alt 8. | “alt 12” a chur in ionad “alt 12 (2)” i bhfo-alt (2). |
Alt 9. | “gan fógra” a scriosadh as fo-alt (1) (c). |
“seirbhís an fhostaí faoin bhfostóir roimhe sin” a chur in ionad “an tseirbhís ag an bhfostaísin a luaitear i mír (a) (ii)” i bhfo-alt (3) (b). | |
Alt 11. | “, tar éis tosach feidhme an Achta seo,” a scriosadh as fo-alt (1). |
An méid seo a leanas a chur isteach i ndiaidh fho-alt (2): | |
“(3) I gcás ina dtarlóidh mar gheall ar laghdú ar an obair a sholáthróidh fostóir d'fhostaí (is obair de chineál a bhfuil an fostaí fostaithe faoina chonradh chun í a dhéanamh) gur lú uaire oibre laghdaithe an fhostaí aon tseachtain ná leath a ghnáthuaire oibre seachtainiúil, measfar chun críocha na Coda seo é a bheith coimeádta ar gearr-am an tseachtain sin.” | |
Alt 13. | “alt 12” a chur in ionad “alt 12 (2)” i bhfo-alt (4). |
Alt 15. | “Aon fhostaí a mbeidh an fógra is gá de réir alt 17 faighte aige ní bheidh sé i dteideal íocaíochta iomarcaíochta má tharlaíonn sa tréimhse dhá sheachtain dar críoch dáta an bhriste” a scriosadh as fho-ailt (1) agus (2) agus “Ní bheidh aon fhostaí i dteideal íocaíochta iomarcaíochta más rud é” a chur ina ionad. |
“Sular foirceannadh a chonradh” a chur i bhfo-ailt (1) (b) agus (2) (b) in ionad “sular briseadh é” agus “a chonradh a fhoirceannadh” a chur i bhfo-ailt (1) (c) agus (2) (d) in ionad “an bhriste”. | |
An fo-alt seo a leanas a chur isteach i ndiaidh fho-alt (2): | |
“(2A) I gcás fostaí dar tairgeadh fostaíocht oiriúnach agus a chomhlíon dualgais na fostaíochta sin ar feadh tréimhse nár mhó ná ceithre sheachtain diúltú don tairiscint, ní bheidh glacadh sealadach na fostaíochta sin go heisiatach ina dhiúltú míréasúnach chun críocha an ailt seo.”. | |
An méid seo a leanas a chur in ionad fho-alt (3): | |
“(3) I gcás ina mbeidh duine atá i dteideal íocaíochta seachtainiúla tar éis diúltú go míreasúnach d'fhostaíocht oiriúnach a thairg nó a d'fhormheas an tSeirbhís Náisiúnta Daonchumhachta, beidh an duine sin dícháilithe chun íocaíocht sheachtainiúil a fháil ar feadh tréimhse nach faide ná sé sheachtain.”. | |
Alt 16. | “má bhíonn gach coinníoll a shonraítear in alt 7 (2) gan chomhlíonadh, ach” a chur in ionad “má bhíonn ceachtar de na coinníollacha a shonraítear in ailt 7 (2) (a) agus 7 (2) (b) gan chomhlíonadh, ach” i bhfo-alt (3) (a). |
Alt 17. | “104 sheachtain” a chur i bhfo-alt (1) in ionad “ceithre bliana”. |
Alt 18. | An méid seo a leanas a chur in ionad fho-alt (1): |
“(1) Nuair a bhrisfidh fostóir mar gheall ar iomarcaíocht fostaí a mbeidh tréimhse nach giorra ná 104 sheachtain fostaíochta leanúnaí curtha isteach aige, tabharfaidh sé don fhostaí, tráth nach déanaí ná dáta a bhriste, deimhniú (dá ngairtear deimhniú iomarcaíochta sa Chuid seo).”. | |
An méid seo a leanas a chur in ionad fho-alt (2): | |
“(2) Aon uair a dhéanfaidh fostaí a mbeidh tréimhse nach giorra ná 104 sheachtain fostaíochta leanúnaí curtha isteach aige fógra go bhfuiltear chun éileamh a dhéanamh de réir alt 12 a thabhairt, tabharfaidh a fhostóir, faoi réir alt 13, deimhniú iomarcaíochta dó tráth nach déanaí ná seacht lá tar éis an fógra go bhfuiltear chun éileamh a dhéanamh a sheirbheáil.” | |
Alt 19. | “nó i gcás ina dtiocfaidh fostaí i dteideal íocaíochta iomarcaíochta de bhua alt 12” a chur in ionad “nó nuair a dhéanfaidh fostaí den sórt sin a chonradh fostaíochta a fhoirceannadh de réir alt 12 (2)” i bhfo-alt (1). |
Alt 21. | “alt 7 (2)” a chur in ionad “alt 7 (2) (a) nó 7 (2) (b)” i bhfo-alt (2). |
Alt 25. | “D'ainneoin fho-alt (1), aon fhostaí” a chur i bhfo-alt (2) in ionad “Aon fhostaí”. |
Alt 30. | “nó ar é teacht i dteideal íocaíochta iomarcaíochta de bhua alt 12” a chur in ionad “nó ar é d'fhoirceannadh a chonradh fostaíochta de réir alt 12 (2)” i bhfo-alt (1). |
Alt 37. | “dá oifigigh” a scriosadh. |
Alt 56. | “agus alt 40” a chur isteach i bhfo-alt (2) i ndiaidh “alt 39”. |
Sceideal 1. | Mír 2 a scriosadh agus an méid seo a leanas a chur ina ionad: |
“(2) An méid iomlán a bheidh á íoc le duine ina leith seo a leanas: | |
íocaíocht sheachtainiúil, sochar dífhostaíochta faoi na hAchtanna Leasa Shóisialaigh, 1952 go 1970, sochar míchumais faoi na hAchtanna sin, liúntas máithreachais faoi na hAchtanna sin, cúnamh dífhostaíochta faoi na hAchtanna um Chúnamh Dífhostaíochta, 1933 go 1970, nó (i gcás duine ar a bhfuil cónaí rialta i dTuaisceart Éireann) íocaíocht sheachtainiúil, sochar dífhostaíochta faoi na National Insurance Acts (Northern Ireland), 1966 to 1970, sochar breoiteachta faoi na hAchtanna sin, liúntas máithreachais faoi na hAchtanna sin, sochar forlíontach faoi na Supplementary Benefits Acts (Northern Ireland) 1966 to 1969. | |
ní bheidh sé níos mó ná 90 faoin gcéad de ghnáth-luach saothair an duine sin; ar choinníoll nach lú an méid a gheobhaidh duine i leith sochair dhífhostaíochta, sochair mhíchumais nó bhreoitreachta, liúntais mháithreachais, cúnamh dhífhostaíochta nó sochair fhorlíontaigh ná an méid a mbeadh teideal ag an duine sin chuige mura mbeadh an tAcht seo.” | |
An méid seo a leanas a chur in ionad mhír 4: | |
“4. Ní íocfar íocaíocht sheachtainiúil le duine a bheadh ar shlí eile ina theideal in aghaidh tréimhse ar bith nach mbeidh an duine sin i dteideal sochair mhíchumais nó sochair dhífhostaíochta de bhua alt 15 (2) d'Acht 1952.” | |
An méid seo a leanas a chur in ionad mhír 5: | |
“5. (a) Ní íocfar íocaíocht sheachtainiúil le duine in aghaidh aon tréimhse mura rud é nach raibh an duine sin i bhfostaíocht shochrach in imeacht na tréimhse sin agus nach bhféadfaí a rá le réasún gurbh é cúis nach raibh an duine sin i bhfostaíocht amhlaidh mainneachtain nó diúltú aige fostaíocht shochrach oiriúnach a lorg nó a ghlacadh nó leanúint i bhfostaíocht shochrach oiriúnach. | |
(b) Aon duine atá i dteideal agus ag fáil sochair dhífhostaíochta nó sochair mhíchumais faoi na hAchtanna Leasa Shóisialaigh, 1952 go 1970, féadfar a mheas nach bhfuil sé i bhfostaíocht shochrach chun críocha na míre seo.”. | |
“nó ag a raibh sé fostaithe nuair a rinne sé a chonradh fostaíochta a fhoirceannadh faoi alt 12; ar choinníoll go mbeidh teideal aige, faoi réir mhír 5, ceithre íocaíocht sheachtainiúil ar a laghad a fháil i ngach cás” a chur isteach i mír 6 i ndiaidh “iomarcaíocht”. | |
An méid seo a leanas a chur in ionad mhír 7: | |
“7. Nuair a bheidh blianta fostaíochta leanúnaí á ríomh chun críocha mhír 6 maidir le duine a bhfoirceannfar a fhostaíocht tar éis tosach feidhme ar Achta um Iocaíochtaí Iomarcaíochta, 1971, déanfar gach tréimhse bliana a raibh an duine a bheidh i dteideal na híocaíochta seachtainiúla 41 bliain d'aois nó níos sine ar a bhfeadh go léir a ríomh mar dhá bhliain chomhlánaithe fostaíochta leanúnaí.” | |
“aon tréimhse dá dtagraítear i mír 4” a chur i mír 9 in ionad “na tréimhse dhá sheachtain a luaitear i mír 4.” | |
“i dtréimhse den sórt dá dtagraítear i mír 4” a chur i mír 9 in ionad “sa tréimhse dhá sheachtain sin”. | |
“nó i dTuaisceart Éireann” a chur isteach i mír 14 i ndiaidh “Stát”. | |
An méid seo a leanas a chur isteach i ndiaidh mhír 14: | |
“15. (1) Duine ar bith a chaill fostaíocht mar gheall ar stopadh oibre a tharla de dheasca díospóid cheirde sa mhonarcha, sa cheardlann, ar an fheirm nó san áitreabh nó san áit eile ina raibh sé fostaithe ní bheidh sé i dteideal íocaíochta seachtainiúla fad a leanfaidh an stopadh oibre, ach amháin, faoi réir mhír 5, i gcás inar tháinig sé chun bheith fostaithe bona fide in áit eile sa ghairm beatha ba ghnách leis, nó gur tháinig sé chun bheith ag gabháil go rialta do ghairm beatha éigin eile, le linn an obair an bheith stoptha. | |
(2) I gcás brainsí ar leithligh d'obair a sheoltar de ghnáth mar ghnónna ar leithligh in áitribh ar leithligh a bheith in aon chás á seoladh i ranna éagsúla san áitreabh céanna nó san áit chéanna, measfar gach ceann de na ranna sin, chun críocha fomhír (1), a bheith ina mhonarcha, ina cheardlann nó ina fheirm ar leithligh nó ina áitreabh ar leithligh nó ina áit ar leithligh, cibé acu é. | |
(3) Ní bheidh feidhm ag fomhír (1) maidir le duine— | |
(a) nach bhfuil páirteach sa díospóid cheirde ba chúis leis an stopadh oibre nó ag tabhairt airgid le haghaidh na díospóide sin nó leasmhar go díreach inti, agus | |
(b) nach duine de ghrád nó d'aicme oibrithe a raibh comhaltaí de, díreach roimh an stopadh tosú, fostaithe ina áit fhostaíochta agus a raibh aon duine acu páirteach sa díospóid nó ag tabhairt airgid le haghaidh na díospóide nó leasmhar go díreach inti. | |
(4) Sa mhír seo ciallaíonn “díospóid cheirde” aon díospóid idir fostóirí agus fostaithe, nó idir fostaithe agus fostaithe, a bhfuil baint aici le fostaíocht nó le neamhfhostaíocht nó le téarmaí fostaíochta nó le coinníollacha fostaíochta aon daoine, cibé acu ar fostaithe i bhfostaíocht an fhostóra lenar tharla an díospóid iad nó nach ea.”. | |
Sceideal 2. | I mír 17 “I gcás ina mbeidh tairgthe ag fostóir, roimh chonradh fostaíochta fostaí a fhoirceannadh,” a chur in ionad “I gcás ina mbeidh fógra tugtha ag fostóir d'fhostaí chun a chonradh fostaíochta a fhoirceannadh, agus go mbeidh tairgthe aige”. |
Mír 19 (1) a scriosadh. | |
Mír 20 a scriosadh. | |
Sceideal 3. | “nó ag a raibh sé fostaithe nuair a d'fhoirceannaigh sé a chonradh fostaíochta faoi alt 12,” a chur isteach i míreanna 1 (a) agus 1 (b) i ndiaidh “faoin bhfostóir arb ina fhostaíocht a bhí sé ar dhát an bhriste”. |
“ar dháta an bhriste” a scriosadh as mír 1 (b). | |
An méid seo a leanas a chur isteach i mír 1 i ndiaidh fhomhír (b): | |
“agus | |
(c) suim is comhionnan le ghnáth-luach saothair sheachtainiúil an fhostaí.” | |
Mír 2 a scriosadh. | |
“ina mbearnófar nó inar bearnaíodh tréimhse fhostaíochta” a chur i mír 5 (1) in ionad “inar bearnaíodh tréimhse sheirbhíse” agus “nach faide nó” a chur isteach i mír 5 (1) (a) agus 5 (1) (b) i ndiaidh “tréimhse”. | |
“(lena n-áirítear díobháil)” a chur isteach i mír 5 (1) (a) i ndiaidh “ar thinneas”. | |
An méid seo a leanas a chur isteach i ndiaidh mhír 5 (1) (a): | |
“(ai) aon tréimhse de bhíthin seirbhíse ag an bhfostaí sna hÓglaigh Cúltaca,”. | |
Mír 5 (1) (b) (iii) a scriosadh. | |
“nó a bhí nó nach raibh” a chur isteach i mír 5 (1) i ndiaidh “nach mbeidh’ i mír 5 (1). | |
An méid seo a leanas a chur isteach i ndiaidh mhír 5: | |
“(5A) Má bhristear fostaí mar gheall ar iomarcaíocht sula mbeidh an tréimhse 104 sheachtain dá dtagraítear in alt 7 (5) (arna leasú) den Phríomh-Acht curtha isteach aige agus go rachaidh sé ar ais i bhfostaíocht faoin bhfostóir céanna laistigh de 26 sheachtain, glacfar gur fostaíocht leanúnach a fhostaíocht.” | |
An méid seo a leanas a chur in ionad mhír 6: | |
“6. I gcás ina ndearnadh trádáil nó gnó nó gnóthas (cibé acu is gnóthas é nó nach gnóthas é a bunaíodh le hAcht, nó faoi Acht, ón Oireachtas), nó cuid de thrádáil nó gnó, nó cuid de ghnóthas den sórt sin, a aistriú ó dhuine go duine eile; déanfar tréimhse fostaíochta an fhostaí sa trádáil, sa ghnó nó sa ghnóthas (nó sa chuid den trádáil, den ghnó nó den ghnóthas) tráth an aistrithe a chomhaireamh mar thréimhse fostaíochta faoin aistrí, agus ní bhrisfidh an t-aistriú leanúntas na tréimhse fostaíochta.”. | |
“agus aon íocaíocht in earraí” a chur isteach i mír 13 i ndiaidh “an méid oibre a dhéantar”. | |
“fostaí a bhfuil gnáth-choinne leis breis-am a oibriú” a chur i mír 13 in ionad “fostaí a bhfuil sé ceaptha dó breis-am a oibriú go rialta”. | |
An míniú ar “préimh bhreis-ama” i mír 24 a scriosadh. |
Number 20 of 1971
REDUNDANCY PAYMENTS ACT, 1971
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Acts Referred to | |
1967, No. 21 | |
Deeds of Arrangement Act, 1887 | 1887, c. 57 |
1965, No. 27 | |
Number 20 of 1971
REDUNDANCY PAYMENTS ACT, 1971
Definition.
1.—In this Act “the Principal Act” means the Redundancy Payments Act, 1967.
Extension of application of certain provisions of Acts.
2.—In relation to an employee whose employment is terminated by reason of redundancy on or after the commencement of this Act, any provision of the Principal Act or this Act which affects or relates to the preservation of continuity of the employee's employment shall apply to periods of employment before the 1st day of January, 1968, as they apply to such periods after that date.
Provisions relating to persons who attain age of 70 years.
3.—(1) Notwithstanding section 4 (1) of the Principal Act, that Act shall not apply to a person who on the date of termination of his employment had attained the age of 70 years.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, a person who is in receipt of a weekly payment when he attains the age of 70 years shall continue to be entitled to receive such further weekly payments as he would have been entitled to receive if he had not attained that age.
Amendment of section 7 of Principal Act.
4.—Section 7 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by—
(i) the substitution for subsection (2) (b) of the following:
“(b) the fact that the requirements of that business for employees to carry out work of a particular kind in the place where he was so employed have ceased or diminished or are expected to cease or diminish, or
(c) the fact that his employer has decided to carry on the business with fewer or no employees, whether by requiring the work for which the employee had been employed (or had been doing before his dismissal) to be done by other employees or otherwise, or
(d) the fact that his employer has decided that the work for which the employee had been employed (or had been doing before his dismissal) should henceforward be done in a different manner for which the employee is not sufficiently qualified or trained, or
(e) the fact that his employer has decided that the work for which the employee had been employed (or had been doing before his dismissal) should henceforward be done by a person who is also capable of doing other work for which the employee is not sufficiently qualified or trained,”
and
(ii) the insertion after subsection (4) of the following subsection:
“(4A) In ascertaining, for the purposes of subsection (2) (c), whether an employer has decided to carry on a business with fewer or no employees, account shall not be taken of the following members of the employer's family—
father, mother, stepfather, stepmother, son, daughter, adopted child, grandson, granddaughter, stepson, stepdaughter, brother, sister, half brother, halfsister.”.
Amendment of section 20 of Principal Act.
5.—Section 20 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion after subsection (5) of the following subsection:
“(5A) In a case mentioned in subsection (1) (a), the new owner shall be estopped from denying that an employee was in continuous employment (within the meaning of Schedule 3) unless, within 26 weeks of the change of ownership, he notifies the employee of his intention so to deny.”.
Application of section 20 of Principal Act.
6.—(1) Where—
(i) a change relating to the control or management of a business (or part thereof) for the purposes of which a person is employed occurs, but a change in the ownership of the business (or part thereof) does not occur,
(ii) section 20 of the Principal Act would have applied to that change if it were a change in the ownership of that business (or part thereof), and
(iii) an employee of the previous owner accepts, before, on or within four weeks of the termination of his contract of employment with the previous owner, an offer by the new owner of employment in the same place of employment and on terms which are either the same as, or not materially less advantageous to the employee than, his existing terms of employment,
the said section 20 shall apply to that change as if a change of ownership of that business (or part thereof) had occurred.
(2) In this section “previous owner” and “new owner” mean, respectively, the persons who would have been the previous owner and the new owner within the meaning of the said section 20 if a change of ownership of a business (or part thereof) had occurred.
Amendment of section 39 of Principal Act.
7.—Section 39 of the Principal Act is hereby amended—
(a) by the substitution for subsection (2) (a) of the following—
“(a) a chairman who before his appointment shall have had not less than 7 years' experience as a practising barrister or practising solicitor,”,
and
(b) by the substitution for subsection (2) (c) of the following—
“(c) not less than 12 and not more than 24 ordinary members.”.
Redundancy payment to certain employees dismissed before commencement of Act.
8.—(1) Where an employee who was dismissed before the commencement of this Act was not entitled to redundancy payment under the Principal Act in respect of the dismissal solely because the requirements of the business carried on by his employer for employees to carry out work of a particular kind, or to carry out such work in the place where the employee had been so employed, had not ceased or diminished or were not expected to cease or diminish, the Minister may, at his discretion and notwithstanding the Principal Act, pay to that employee out of the Redundancy Fund a sum equal in amount to the sum to which he would have been entitled under the Principal Act if the said requirements had ceased or diminished or were expected to cease or diminish.
(2) In relation to the amendments of the Principal Act referred to in section 19 (2), the Minister may, in respect of a dismissal or a termination of employment in the period beginning on the 22nd day of January, 1971 and ending on the commencement of this section and notwithstanding the Principal Act, pay to an employee out of the Redundancy Fund any moneys to which the employee may become entitled by virtue of the said section 19 (2).
Reference and appeal to the High Court.
9.—The following section is hereby substituted for section 40 of the Principal Act:
“40. (1) Where any question, other than a question specified in section 38 (1) (a), 38 (1) (b) or 38 (1) (c), is referred to the Tribunal, the Minister may, on the request of the Tribunal, refer the question for the decision of the High Court.
(2) Where the Minister refers a question for the decision of the High Court under this section, or where a person appeals to the High Court under section 39 (14), the court may, at its discretion, order the payment by the Minister from the Redundancy Fund of the costs (in whole or in part as so ordered) when taxed of a party involved.
(3) Where the Minister refers a question for the decision of the High Court under this section, he may be represented as a party in that court at the hearing of the question.”.
Presumptions by Tribunal.
10.—For the purposes of a reference to the Tribunal—
(a) a person's employment during any period shall, unless the contrary is proved, be presumed to have been continuous;
(b) an employee who has been dismissed by his employer shall, unless the contrary is proved, be presumed to have been so dismissed by reason of redundancy;
(c) the Tribunal shall, after consultation with any person or body charged by statute with the fixing or determination of minimum wages or rates of pay, or the registration of employment agreements under the Industrial Relations Act, 1946, have regard to any such minimum as is appropriate or relevant.
Right to redundancy payment by reason of lay-off or short-time.
11.—The following section is hereby substituted for section 12 of the Principal Act:
“12.—(1) An employee shall not be entitled to redundancy payment by reason of having been laid off or kept on short-time unless—
(a) he has been laid off or kept on short-time for four or more consecutive weeks or, within a period of thirteen weeks, for a series of six or more weeks of which not more than three were consecutive, and
(b) after the expiry of the relevant period of lay-off or short-time mentioned in paragraph (a) and not later than four weeks after the cessation of the lay-off or short-time, he gives to his employer notice (in this Part referred to as a notice of intention to claim) in writing of his intention to claim redundancy payment in respect of lay-off or short-time.
(2) Where, after the expiry of the relevant period of lay-off or short-time mentioned in subsection (1) (a) and not later than four weeks after the cessation of the lay-off or short time, an employee to whom that subsection applies, in lieu of giving to his employer a notice of intention to claim, terminates his contract of employment either by giving him the notice thereby required or, if none is so required, by giving him not less than one week's notice in writing of intention to terminate the contract, the notice so given shall, for the purposes of this Part and of Schedule 2, be deemed to be a notice of intention to claim given in writing to the employer by the employee on the date on which the notice is actually given.”
Time-limit on claims for redundancy payment.
12.—(1) Section 24 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion at the end of that section of the following subsection:
“(2) Notwithstanding any provision of this Act, an employee shall not be entitled to a weekly payment unless he has become entitled to a lump sum”.
(2) In respect of a dismissal or a termination of employment which occurs not earlier than 30 weeks before the commencement of this section, section 24 of the Principal Act shall apply as if—
(a) “52 weeks” were substituted for “thirty weeks”, and
(b) the following subsection were inserted after subsection (2) (inserted by this section):
“(2A) Where an employee who fails to make a claim for a lump sum within the period of 52 weeks mentioned in subsection (1) (as amended) makes such a claim before the end of the period of 104 weeks beginning on the date of dismissal or the date of termination of employment, the Tribunal, if it is satisfied that the employee would have been entitled to the lump sum and that the failure was due to a reasonable cause, may declare the employee to be entitled to the lump sum and the employee shall thereupon become so entitled.”
Rebates to employers from Redundancy Fund.
13.—The following section is hereby substituted for section 29 of the Principal Act:
“29. (1) Subject to this Part, the Minister shall make from the Redundancy Fund to an employer who pays a lump sum a payment (in this Part referred to as a rebate) of such sum as is equivalent in amount to—
(a) where the lump sum does not exceed twenty times the relevant normal weekly remuneration calculated in accordance with Schedule 3—55 per cent. of the lump sum,
(b) where the lump sum exceeds twenty times the relevant normal weekly remuneration as so calculated—the aggregate of the following—
(i) 55 per cent. of the product obtained by multiplying by twenty the relevant normal weekly remuneration,
(ii) the amount by which the lump sum exceeds the said product.
(2) An employer who gives to the Minister a copy of a notice under section 17 on a date which is three weeks or more before the date of dismissal shall be entitled to the rebate referred to in subsection (1) increased, for each week's notice in excess of the period required by section 17—
(a) in the case of a lump sum falling within subsection (1)(a), by 2½ per cent. of the lump sum; provided that a rebate shall not in any case exceed such sum as is equivalent in amount to 70 per cent. of the said lump sum; and
(b) in the case of a lump sum falling within subsection (1) (b), by 2½ per cent. of that portion of the lump sum referred to in subsection (1) (b) (i); provided that a rebate shall not in any case exceed such sum as is equivalent in amount to 70 per cent. of the said portion of the lump sum.
(3) Notwithstanding subsection (1), whenever an employer fails to comply with any provision of section 17, the Minister may, at his discretion—
(a) in the case of a lump sum falling within subsection (1) (a), reduce the amount of rebate payable in respect of that lump sum; provided that the amount of the rebate when so reduced shall not in any case be less than 45 per cent. of the said lump sum, and
(b) in the case of a lump sum falling within subsection (1) (b), reduce the amount of rebate payable in respect of that portion of the lump sum referred to in subsection (1) (b) (i); provided that the amount of the rebate when so reduced shall not in any case be less than 45 per cent. of the said portion of the lump sum.
(4) Where an employer gives an employee notice under section 17 and sends a copy of the notice to the Minister, any period after the date of the proposed dismissal as set out in that notice during which the employee voluntarily remains in the employment of the employer concerned and continues to be paid his normal remuneration by the employer shall be taken into account in the calculation, for the purposes of subsection (2), of the rate of rebate payable to that employer.”.
Other payments to employees from Redundancy Fund.
14.—The following section is hereby substituted for section 32 of the Principal Act:
“32. (1) When an employee claims that an employer is liable to pay to him a lump sum under section 19 and that—
(a) the employee has taken all reasonable steps (other than legal proceedings) to obtain the payment of the lump sum from the employer and the employer has refused or failed to pay it or has paid part of it and has refused or failed to pay the balance,
(b) the employer is insolvent and the whole or part of the lump sum remains unpaid, or
(c) the employer has died and neither probate of his will has, nor letters of administration in respect of his estate have, been granted, and the whole or part of the lump sum remains unpaid,
the employee may apply to the Minister for a payment under this section.
(2) If on an application under this section the Minister is satisfied that an employee is entitled to a lump sum under section 19 which remains unpaid either in whole or in part, the Minister shall pay to the employee out of the Redundancy Fund so much of the lump sum as remains unpaid.
(3) Upon the payment by the Minister of a payment under this section all rights and remedies of the employee with respect to the lump sum concerned or, if the Minister has paid part of it, with respect to that part, shall thereupon stand transferred to and become vested in the Minister and any moneys recovered by the Minister by virtue of this subsection shall be paid into the Redundancy Fund.
(4) Where, in a case falling within subsection (1) (a), the Minister makes a payment to an employee under subsection (2), the Minister shall claim from the employer a sum equal to the amount of the payment made by the Minister under subsection (2) less the amount of the rebate that would have been payable to the employer from the Redundancy Fund under section 29 if the employer had paid the lump sum to the employee, save that, where it appears to the Minister that the refusal or failure of the employer was without reasonable excuse, the Minister may either withhold any rebate to which the employer would otherwise have been entitled or reduce the amount of that rebate to such extent as the Minister thinks appropriate, and in either such case the amount of the Minister's claim against the employer under this subsection may be increased accordingly.
(5) Where, in a case falling within subsection (1) (b), the Minister makes a payment to an employee under subsection (2), the Minister shall be entitled to claim in the bankruptcy, arrangement, administration of the insolvent estate or winding up (as the case may be) in respect of, and only in respect of, a sum equal to the amount of the payment made by the Minister under subsection (2) less the amount of the rebate that would have been payable to the employer from the Redundancy Fund under section 29 if the employer had paid the lump sum to the employee.
(6) Where, in a case falling within subsection (1) (c), the Minister makes a payment to an employee under subsection (2), the Minister shall be entitled to claim from the deceased employer's estate in respect of, and only in respect of, a sum equal to the amount of the payment made by the Minister under subsection (2) less the amount of the rebate that would have been payable to the deceased employer's estate from the Redundancy Fund under section 29 if the employee had been paid the lump sum from the estate of the deceased employer.
(7) For the purpose of this section an employer shall be deemed to be insolvent if—
(a) the employer has been adjudicated bankrupt, has filed a petition for arrangement or has executed a deed of arrangement (within the meaning of section 4 of the Deeds of Arrangement Act, 1887),
(b) the employer has died and his estate, being insolvent, is being administered in accordance with the rules set out in Part I of the First Schedule to the Succession Act, 1965, or
(c) the employer is a company, and the company is insolvent and being wound up.”.
Provisions relating to special redundancy schemes.
15.—(1) Any dispute arising under a special redundancy scheme may be referred by a party to the scheme to the Tribunal and shall be deemed to be a question referred under section 39 of the Principal Act to the Tribunal for a decision on the question.
(2) For the purpose of providing moneys for making payments which under this Act are to be made out of a fund established under a special redundancy scheme, there shall be paid into that fund—
(a) as may be provided in that scheme, weekly contributions which shall comprise a contribution by employers and a contribution by employees, and
(b) advances as provided for in subsections (3) and (4).
(3) The Minister for Finance may from time to time, on the recommendation of the Minister, advance to any fund established under a special redundancy scheme moneys to enable payments required under the scheme to be made out of the fund, and any advances under this subsection shall be made out of the Central Fund or the growing produce thereof and shall be on such terms as to interest and repayment as the Minister for Finance may determine.
(4) The Minister may, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, from time to time authorise the transfer of moneys from the Redundancy Fund to any fund established under a special redundancy scheme, and any moneys transferred under this subsection shall be repayable to the Redundancy Fund on such terms (including terms as to interest) as the Minister for Finance may determine.
(5) (a) A fund established under a special redundancy scheme shall comprise a current account, to be managed and controlled by the Minister, and an investment account, to be managed and controlled by the Minister for Finance.
(b) Save where otherwise specifically provided, sums payable into a fund established under a special redundancy scheme shall be paid into the current account of that fund and sums payable out of that fund shall be paid out of that account.
(c) Moneys standing to the credit of the current account of a fund established under a special redundancy scheme and not required to meet current expenditure shall be transferred to the investment account of that fund.
(d) Whenever the moneys in the current account of a fund established under a special redundancy scheme are insufficient to meet the liabilities of that account there shall be transferred to that account from the investment account of that fund such sums as may be necessary for the purpose of discharging those liabilities.
(e) Subject to paragraph (d), moneys standing to the credit of the investment account of a fund established under a special redundancy scheme shall be invested by the Minister for Finance, and income arising from any such investment shall be paid into that account.
(f) An investment pursuant to paragraph (e) may be in any securities in which trustees are for the time being by law empowered to invest trust funds or in any of the stocks, funds and securities as are for the time being authorised by law as investments for the Post Office Savings Bank funds.
(g) The accounts of a fund established under a special redundancy scheme shall be prepared in such form, in such manner and at such times as the Minister for Finance may direct and the Comptroller and Auditor General shall examine and certify every such account and a copy thereof, together with the report thereon of the Comptroller and Auditor General, shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas.
Offences relating to payments under Principal Act.
16.—(1) A person who fraudulently claims a weekly payment, fraudulently applies to the Minister for a payment under section 32 of the Principal Act or fraudulently makes a claim for a rebate, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds.
(2) A person who aids, abets, counsels or procures another person to commit an offence under subsection (1) of the section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds.
(3) Notwithstanding any provision in any Act specifying the period within which summary proceedings may be commenced, proceedings in respect of an offence under this section may be commenced at any time within the period of three months from the date on which evidence, sufficient in the opinion of the Minister to justify a prosecution for the offence, comes to his knowledge, or within the period of twelve months after the commission of the offence, whichever period last expires.
Reciprocal arrangements.
17.—(1) The Minister may make such orders as may be necessary to carry out any reciprocal or other arrangements, made with the proper authority under any other Government, in respect of matters relating to redundancy payments, and may by any such order make such adaptations of and modifications in the Principal Act as he considers necessary.
(2) The Minister may by order amend or revoke an order under this section.
Aid to persons changing residence or undergoing certain training.
18.—The following is hereby substituted for section 46 (1) of the Principal Act:
“(1) The Minister may, for the purpose of promoting national economic policy, make with the consent of the Minister for Finance regulations providing for financial assistance out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas—
(a) to persons who are obliged to change their normal place of residence in order to take up employment offered or approved by the National Manpower Service, or
(b) to enable persons to travel for selection for training at approved training centres or to undertake courses of training at such centres.”.
Miscellaneous amendments of Principal Act.
19.—(1) Each provision of the Principal Act mentioned in column (1) of the Schedule to this Act is hereby amended in the manner stated in column (2) of that Schedule opposite the mention of that provision in column (1).
(2) Notwithstanding section 20 (3), this section, in so far as it relates to the first amendment of section 4 of the Principal Act, the first amendment of section 7 of that Act, the fifth amendment of Schedule 1 of that Act and the fourth amendment of Schedule 3 of that Act, shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 22nd day of January, 1971.
Short title, construction, collective citation and commencement.
20.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Redundancy Payments Act, 1971.
(2) The Principal Act and this Act shall be construed as one Act and may be cited together as the Redundancy Payments Acts, 1967 and 1971.
(3) This Act shall come into operation on such day as the Minister appoints by order.
SCHEDULE
Miscellaneous Amendments of the Principal Act
Provision Amended | Nature of Amendment |
(1) | (2) |
Section 2. | The substitution in subsection (1) for the definition of “the Employment Service” of the following: |
“ ‘the National Manpower Service’ means the service known by that title and operated under the control of the Minister;”. | |
The insertion after “section 11 (2)” in the definition of “short-time” of “or section 11 (3) (as the case may be)”. | |
Section 4. | The substitution in subsection (1) of “four years” for “two years”. |
The insertion after subsection (3) (b) of the following: | |
“(c) In deducing any relationship for the purposes of paragraph (b)— (i) a person adopted under the Adoption Acts, 1952 and 1964, shall be considered the legitimate offspring of the adopter or adopters; (ii) subject to clause (i) of this paragraph, an illegitimate person shall be considered the legitimate offspring of his mother and reputed father; (iii) a person in loco parentis to another shall be considered the parent of that other.”. | |
Section 5. | The insertion in subsection (1) after “47” of “or Section 17 of the Redundancy Payments Act, 1971”. |
Section 7. | The substitution in subsection (1) (b) of “four years” for “two years”. |
The substitution in subsection (5) of “104 weeks” for “208 weeks”. | |
Section 8. | The substitution in subsection (2) of “section 12” for “section 12 (2)”. |
Section 9. | The deletion in subsection (1) (c) of “without notice”. |
The substitution in subsection (3) (b) for “mentioned in paragraph (a) (ii)” of “with the previous employer”. | |
Section 11. | The deletion in subsection (1) of “after the commencement of this Act”. |
The insertion after subsection (2) of the following: | |
“(3) Where by reason of a diminution in the work provided for an employee by his employer (being work of a kind which under his contract the employee is employed to do) the employee's reduced hours of work for any week are less than one-half of his normal weekly hours, he shall for the purposes of this Part be taken to be kept on short-time for that week.” | |
Section 13. | The substitution in subsection (4) of “section 12” for “section 12 (2)”. |
Section 15. | The deletion in subsections (1) and (2) of “who has received the notice required by section 17” and “in the period of two weeks ending on the date of dismissal”. |
The substitution in subsections (1) (b) and (2) (b) for “his dismissal” of “the termination of his contract”, and the substitution in subsections (1) (c) and (2) (d) for “dismissal” of “the termination of his contract”. | |
The insertion after subsection (2) of the following subsection: | |
“(2A) Where an employee who has been offered suitable employment and has carried out, for a period of not more than four weeks, the duties of that employment, refuses the offer, the temporary acceptance of that employment shall not solely constitute an unreasonable refusal for the purposes of this section.”. | |
The substitution for subsection (3) of the following: | |
“(3) Where a person who is entitled to a weekly payment has unreasonably refused suitable employment offered or approved by the National Manpower Service, that person shall be disqualified from receiving a weekly payment for a period not exceeding six weeks.”. | |
Section 16. | The substitution in subsection (3) (a) of “none of the conditions specified in section 7 (2) is fulfilled, but” for “neither of the conditions specified in sections 7 (2) (a) and 7 (2) (b) is fulfilled, but”. |
Section 17. | The substitution in subsection (1) of “104 weeks” for “four years”. |
Section 18. | The substitution for subsection (1) of the following: |
“(1) When an employer dismisses by reason of redundancy an employee who has not less than 104 weeks' continuous employment, he shall give to the employee not later than the date of the dismissal a certificate (in this Part referred to as a redundancy certificate).”. | |
The substitution for subsection (2) of the following: | |
“(2) Whenever an employee who has not less than 104 weeks' continuous employment gives notice of intention to claim in accordance with section 12, his employer shall, subject to section 13, give him, not later than seven days after the service of the notice of intention to claim, a redundancy certificate.” | |
Section 19. | The substitution in subsection (1) of “or where by virtue of section 12 an employee becomes entitled to redundancy payment” for “or upon the termination by such an employee in accordance with section 12 (2) of his contract of employment”. |
Section 21. | The substitution in subsection (2) of “section 7 (2)” for “section 7 (2) (a) or 7 (2) (b)”. |
Section 25. | The substitution in subsection (2) for “An employee” of “Notwithstanding subsection (1), an employee”. |
Section 30. | The substitution in subsection (1) of “or where by virtue of section 12 he becomes entitled to redundancy payment” for “or upon the termination by him, in accordance with section 12 (2), of his contract of employment”. |
Section 37. | The deletion of “from his officers”. |
Section 56. | The insertion in subsection (2) after “section 39” of “and section 40”. |
Schedule 1. | The deletion of paragraph 2 and the substitution therefor of the following— |
“(2) The total amount being paid to a person in respect of the following: a weekly payment, unemployment benefit under the Social Welfare Acts, 1952 to 1970, disability benefit under those Acts, maternity allowance under those Acts, unemployment assistance under the Unemployment Assistance Acts, 1933 to 1970, or (in the case of a person normally resident in Northern Ireland) a weekly payment, unemployment benefit under the National Insurance Acts (Northern Ireland) 1966 to 1970, sickness benefit under those Acts, maternity allowance under those Acts, supplementary benefit under the Supplementary Benefits Acts (Northern Ireland) 1966 to 1969, shall not exceed 90 per cent of that person's normal weekly remuneration; provided that a person shall not receive in respect of unemployment benefit, disability or sickness benefit, maternity allowance, unemployment assistance or supplementary benefit less than that to which that person would, but for this Act, have been entitled.” | |
The substitution for paragraph 4 of the following: | |
“4. A weekly payment shall not be paid to a person otherwise entitled thereto for any period during which that person is, by virtue of section 15 (2) of the Act of 1952, disentitled to disability benefit or unemployment benefit.”. | |
The substitution for paragraph 5 of the following: | |
“5. (a) A weekly payment shall not be paid to a person in respect of any period unless during that period the person was not gainfully employed and the fact that he was not so employed could not reasonably be attributed to the person's own failure or refusal to seek or accept or continue in suitable gainful employment. | |
(b) A person who is entitled to and in receipt of unemployment benefit or disability benefit under the Social Welfare Acts, 1952 to 1970, may be deemed to be not gainfully employed for the purposes of this paragraph.”. | |
The insertion in paragraph 6 after “redundancy” of “or by whom he was employed when he gave notice of intention to claim under section 12; provided that he shall, subject to paragraph 5, in every case be entitled to receive not less than four weekly payments”. | |
The substitution for paragraph 7 of the following: | |
“7. In calculating years of continuous employment for the purposes of paragraph 6 in relation to a person whose employment is terminated after the commencement of the Redundancy Payments Act, 1971, each period of one year during the whole of which the person entitled to the weekly payment was 41 years of age or older shall be reckoned as two completed years of continuous employment.”. | |
The substitution in paragraph 9 of “any period referred to in paragraph 4” for “the two-week period mentioned in paragraph 4.” | |
The substitution in paragraph 9 of “in such a period mentioned in paragraph 4” for “that two-week period”. | |
The insertion in paragraph 14 after “within the State” of “or Northern Ireland”. | |
The insertion after paragraph 14 of the following: | |
“15. (1) A person who has lost employment by reason of a stoppage of work which was due to a trade dispute at the factory, workshop, farm or other premises or place at which he was employed shall not be entitled to a weekly payment so long as the stoppage of work continues, except, subject to paragraph 5, in a case where he has, during the stoppage of work, become bona fide employed elsewhere in the occupation which he usually follows or has become regularly engaged in some other occupation. (2) Where separate branches of work which are commonly carried on as separate businesses in separate premises or at separate places are in any case carried on in separate departments on the same premises or at the same place, each of those departments shall, for the purposes of subparagraph (1), be deemed to be a separate factory, workshop or farm or separate premises or a separate place, as the case may be. (3) Subparagraph (1) shall not apply to a person who— (a) is not participating in or financing or directly interested in the trade dispute which caused the stoppage of work, and (b) does not belong to a grade or class of workers of which, immediately before the commencement of the stoppage, there were members employed at his place of employment any of whom are participating in or financing or directly interested in the dispute. (4) In this paragraph ‘trade dispute’ means any dispute between employers and employees, or between employees and employees, which is connected with the employment or non-employment or the terms of employment or the conditions of employment of any persons, whether employees in the employment of the employer with whom the dispute arises or not.”. | |
Schedule 2. | In paragraph 17, the substitution for “has given notice to an employee to terminate his contract of employment and” of “before the termination of an employee's contract of employment”. |
The deletion of paragraph 19 (1). | |
The deletion of paragraph 20. | |
Schedule 3. | The insertion in paragraphs 1 (a) and 1 (b) after “with the employer in whose employment he was on the date of dismissal”, of “or by whom he was employed when he gave notice of intention to claim under section 12,”. |
The deletion in paragraph 1 (b) of “on the date of his dismissal”. | |
The insertion in paragraph 1 after subparagraph (b) of the following: | |
“and (c) a sum equivalent to the employee's normal weekly remuneration.”. | |
The deletion of paragraph 2. | |
The substitution in paragraph 5 (1) for “Where an employee's period of service had been” of “Where an employee's period of employment is or was”. | |
The insertion in paragraph 5 (1) (a) after “sickness” of “(including an injury)”. | |
The insertion after paragraph 5 (1) (a) of the following: | |
“(ai) any period by reason of service by the employee in the Reserve Defence Force,”. | |
The deletion of paragraph 5 (1) (b) (iii). | |
In paragraph 5 (1), the deletion of “has been given” and the substitution of “has or had been given”. | |
The insertion after paragraph 5 of the following: | |
“(5A) If an employee is dismissed by reason of redundancy before attaining the period of 104 weeks referred to in section 7 (5) (as amended) of the Principal Act and resumes employment with the same employer within 26 weeks, his employment shall be taken to be continuous.” | |
The substitution for paragraph 6 of the following: | |
“6. Where a trade or business or an undertaking (whether or not it be an undertaking established by or under an Act of the Oireachtas), or part of a trade or business or of such an undertaking, was or is transferred from one person to another, the period of employment of an employee in the trade, business or undertaking (or in the part of the trade, business or undertaking) at the time of the transfer shall count as a period of employment with the transferee, and the transfer shall not break the continuity of the period of employment.”. | |
The insertion in paragraph 13 after “work done” where that secondly occurs of “and any payment in kind”. | |
The substitution in paragraph 13 for “an employee who is expected to work overtime regularly” of “an employee who is normally expected to work overtime”. | |
The deletion in paragraph 24 of the definition of “overtime premium”. |