Seanad debates
Wednesday, 14 May 2003
Redundancy Payments Bill 2003: Second Stage.
Most of us would agree there is a clear argument for the need to modulate these payments in some way to take into account the circumstances of the workers concerned. Two weeks pay per year of service, irrespective of the job, the industry or the circumstances of the individual, is very cruel. After 36 years' experience of redundancy payments, perhaps it is time to examine that in more detail to see if we can develop some method whereby we would take into account the needs of individual workers or workers in particular industries. The Bill does not seek to do that.
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