Redundancy Payments Act 1979
Amendment of section 15 of Principal Act.
11.—Section 15 of the Principal Act (as amended by the Act of 1971), which relates to a refusal by an employee to accept alternative employment, is amended by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (2A):
“(2B) Where—
(a) an employee's remuneration is reduced substantially but not to less than one-half of his normal weekly remuneration, or his hours of work are reduced substantially but not to less than one-half of his normal weekly hours, and
(b) the employee temporarily accepts the reduction in remuneration or hours of work and indicates his acceptance to his employer,
such a temporary acceptance for a period not exceeding 52 weeks shall not be taken to be an acceptance by the employee of an offer of suitable employment in relation to him.”.