European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
Eurofound's ERM database on restructuring-related legal regulations provides information on regulations in the Member States of the European Union and Norway which are explicitly or implicitly linked to anticipating and managing change.
Social welfare consolidation 2005 act: Chapter 12, sections 62-68; all of S.I. 440/2014 and S.I. 441/2014; Social welfare, pensions and civil registration act 2018 articles no. 8-10-11
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Employees who have become redundant are entitled to unemployment benefit and support, such as jobseeking assistance and learning and upskilling, subject to the following conditions:
The redundant employee must have at least one year of state qualifying contributions made. A person seeking unemployment benefit must re-apply/re-qualify for such benefit after 156 days in receipt of the benefit.
If a benefit seekers is aged under 55 and received a redundancy payment of more than €50,000, he or she is disqualified from claiming jobseeker's benefit for a certain period of time. Any period of disqualification is subtracted from the total jobseeker's benefit entitlement. The disqualification periods are:
| Value | Amount of time |
|---|---|
| €50,000.01 - €55,000 | 1 week |
| €55,000.01 - €60,000 | 2 weeks |
| €60,000.01 - €65,000 | 3 weeks |
| €65,000.01 - €70,000 | 4 weeks |
| €70,000.01 - €75,000 | 5 weeks |
| €75,000.01 - €80,000 | 6 weeks |
| €80,000.01 - €85,000 | 7 weeks |
| €85,000.01 - €90,000 | 8 weeks |
| €90,000.01 and over | 9 weeks |
To view the current benefit rates, visit the Government of Ireland's Jobseeker's Benefit page.
In 2019 Jobseeker's Benefit was made available to self-employed workers.
Jobseeker's Benefit is available for a 9-month duration for self-employed persons with more than 260 social insurance contributions, and for a 6-month period for self-employed persons with fewer than 260 contributions. Self-employed persons are also able to access the temporary COVID-19 pandemic unemployment payment.
The inclusion of self-employed persons to access Jobseekers' Benefit (and the temporary COVID-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment) is recognition of the significant number of self-employed persons in Ireland (around 15%) and that, given the vulnerability of having reduced work, or out of work completely, there is a need to encompass this cohort of workers who have made social insurance contributions but who could not avail of the social protection safety net.
Eurofound (2015), Ireland: Redundant employees entitlement to public support, Restructuring legislation database, Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/legislationdb/redundant-employees-entitlement-to-public-support/ireland
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