§ Mr. Bradfordasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if the amounts of redundancy payments granted to workers of Spillers Ltd., Newforge Lane, Belfast, were equivalent to that paid to workers of Strathearn Audio where the length of service was equal; and, if not, why not.
§ Mr. Concannon, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 13th February 1978], gave the following information:
Under the provisions of the Contracts of Employment and Redundancy Payments Act (Northern Ireland) 1965, employees who are dismissed by reason of redundancy and who satisfy certain conditions are entitled to a redundancy payment related to age, length of service and week's pay. In both companies payments have been or will be made in accordance with such statutory provisions. Any other redundancy arrangements which Spillers Ltd. may wish to make are, of course, a matter for agreement between the company and its employees or the representatives of the employees.
§ Mr. Bradfordasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is the total number of people made redundant following the closure of Spillers Limited, Newforge Lane, Belfast; and what is the total amount of redundancy payment received.
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§ Mr. Concannon, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 13th February 1978], gave the following information:
The Department of Manpower Services was advised that Spillers Ltd. was likely to declare redundant 87 of its employees during the period 27th January to 14th April 1978. Of these, some 67 were likely to qualify for payments in accordance with the provisions of the Contracts of Employment and Redundancy Payments Act (Northern Ireland) 1965. However, no claim for rebate has yet been received by the Department from the company, so no information is available as to the amounts of redundancy payments involved.