Ending employment

This subtopic offers guidance on ending employment. This subtopic contains the following guidance:

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   Practice Note: Ireland—Statutory minimum notice examines the statutory minimum period of notice required to terminate the contract of employment (notice given by employer or employee). It includes employees who are excluded from the right to statutory minimum notice of termination, how the length of the notice is calculated, waiver or payment in lieu of notice, the effect of gross misconduct, the consequences of failing to give the statutory minimum notice the right to be paid during statutory notice (and exceptions). It also considers the interaction between statutory notice pay and protective leave

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   Practice Note: Ireland—Entitlement to a statutory redundancy payment gives detail of when an employee will be entitled to a statutory redundancy payment, the calculation method for a statutory redundancy payment, and discusses relevant case law on this topic

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   Precedent: Ireland—Letter—from employer acknowledging employee resignation is a pro-forma resignation acceptance letter for an employer to send to an employee