- Instantaneous online access for the client;
- New improved and simplified on line Redundancy Payment Calculator;
- Irish and English facilities;
- Consolidation of existing forms into one single online form
- Quicker turnover of applications.
Speaking at the launch Minister Killeen said “Redundancy is a difficult time for both workers and employers and we therefore must ensure that the process of accessing redundancy entitlements is more efficient and user friendly. Under this new system everyone is a winner because the processing of applications by my Department is going to be simpler, more efficient and entail far fewer queries and exchanges of correspondence.”
“The Government allocated €1 million for this project and it has been completed and delivered on time and on budget. It is in the interests of employers, liquidators and employees to use the new internet facility for making redundancy applications on the Department’s website at www.entemp.ie.”, Minister Killeen added.
The payment of Statutory Redundancy Lump Sums to eligible redundant employees is a matter for the employer in the first instance. Where an employer is unable to make the statutory payments, payment is made directly to the eligible employees by the Redundancy Payments Section of the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment.
Any employer who pays the correct Statutory Redundancy Lump Sum to an eligible employee is entitled to reclaim 60% of that lump sum from the Department by completing the requisite RP50 form and submitting online using the new system.
The new Redundancy Payments System forms part of the eGovernment agenda under the Agreed Programme for Government 2002-2007, and is aimed at ensuring that the public is able to access most key Government services electronically. The project was designed by Version1 Software, a leading IT Services company delivering value based business solutions to government and industry using proven leading edge technologies.
Autor: K Heaphy
Quelle: Accountingnet, 02.06.2005
