Amendments to the Redundancy Payments Act and Wage Subsidy
Scheme Clarification
Amendment to the Redundancy Payments Acts
The Government has published the Emergency Measures in the
Public Interest COVID-19 Bill 2020, which is expected to be passed
into law in the coming days. As discussed in our COVID-19 Practical
Considerations: Updated Employment FAQ briefing, in certain
circumstances, if employees are laid off or put on short-time, they
may be entitled to notify their employer in writing of intention to
claim a statutory redundancy payment.
In a move that will be welcomed by employers, the Bill proposes
to amend the Redundancy Payments Acts to suspend, for the duration
of this crisis, the entitlement of an employee, who has been laid
off or kept on short-time due to the effects of measures required
to be taken by his or her employer in order to comply with, or as a
consequence of, Government policy to prevent, limit, minimise or
slow the spread of infection of
