Quote Originally Posted by adamirer View Post
The point of redundancy payments is to soften the blow of losing a job. The reason its higher as the years go on is that its harder for a 50 year old to get a new job than a 25 year old.

See the other thread re early retirement.

And do you ever start a thread on anything bar public service bashing? Ever? You have major chip on the shoulder.

Again, redundacy payments above statutary are at the employers discretion, and should always be based on the companies ability to pay.

When public sector redundancies are anounced, I hope that they are both reasonable and affordable, and comparible to bluechip private sector payments. Anything over 6weeks per year + statutary would be a folly. Again, even this should only be based on the states ability to pay