Ms Orla Mulready:

The RP9 form is one that was used by employers to advise employees they would be placed on lay-off and there was also a section of it where, if the lay-off period extended beyond four weeks, the employee could trigger their redundancy claim under section 12. It is not a legislative form. One does not have to use that. The legislation states there has to be written notice given but if an employee is triggering his or her claim using the RP9 form and the employer is ignoring that, the employee's remedy is to refer a complaint to the Workplace Relations Commission because essentially, the employer is ignoring the employee's redundancy situation and the employee has a right to seek an adjudication in those cases.