Not sure about the benefits side of things, but it won't constitute a break in service for redundancy purposes. It will also be calculable for the redundancy payment. (Career breaks that are authorised by the employer count as time worked.)My employer has recently asked me to take 2 months unpaid leave from work. The alternative is possible redundancy.
If it is 2 months unpaid leave:
- can I claim Jobseekers Benefit?
- will the 2 month break count in my time of service if I am subsequently made redundant?
If it is temporary redundancy:
- can I claim Jobseekers Benefit?
- will my time of service be reset back to zero, or will it just be a 2 month gap in years of service?
Are there any other implications that I haven't mentioned of one versus the other that I should know about?
I'm not sure exactly what you mean by 'temporary' redundancy. You're either made redundant or you are not.
If you get an RP9 it is called temporary lay off. Time on temporary lay off is not calculable for redundancy purposes, but will not break service either. You can seek other employment while on lay off. you may get jobseekers allowance while on lay-off, I don't know about unpaid leave though.Thanks for the reply Bill.
As I understand it, if you get an RP9 form from your employer then you are being made temporarily redundant, if you get RP50 you are being made permanently redundant?
But if I come to an agreement with my employer that I will take 2 months unpaid leave in order to save my job, and I get neither an RP9 or RP60, will I be able to claim JB? I will be available for work in those 2 months and I will be seeking work.
Brendan,
Just to Your points above - what changes if the person takes redundancy voluntarily - is it JA rather than JB?
For part-time work or unpaid leave, it has to be at the request of the employer.
Thanks to all for your help so far... one final question, will I need to get a letter from my employer stating that they have asked me to take the unpaid leave? I assume Social Welfare will need to see some evidence like that?
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