In short
This law establishes a temporary scheme called the Employers' Employment Contribution Scheme, funded by an additional contribution from employers, to help maintain existing jobs in specific industries.
What it regulates
- The establishment and operation of the Employers' Employment Contribution Scheme.
- The payment of an additional employer's employment contribution.
- The control and management of the Scheme by specific industry bodies.
- The use of funds collected for the Scheme.
Who it concerns
- Employers, who must pay an additional employment contribution.
- The Confederation of Irish Industries and the Federated Union of Employers, who manage the Scheme.
Key points
- The Scheme is known as the Employers' Employment Contribution Scheme.
- It will be in operation for a period of not more than one year.
- The Scheme is under the joint control and management of the Confederation of Irish Industries and the Federated Union of Employers.
- The employer's employment contribution is an increase to the employment contribution payable under section 10 of the Act of 1981, calculated at the rate of 0.2 per cent. of reckonable earnings for the contribution year commencing on the 6th day of April, 1981.
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Employers' Employment Contribution Scheme Act, 1981
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Number 19 of 1981
EMPLOYERS' EMPLOYMENT CONTRIBUTION SCHEME ACT, 1981
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section
1.
Definitions.
2.
Establishment of Employers' Employment Contribution Scheme.
3.
Control of Scheme.
4.
Purpose of Scheme.
5.
Resources of Scheme.
6.
Employer's employment contribution.
7.
Non-application of sections 15, 115 (2) and 117 of Act of 1981.
8.
Short title.
Acts Referred to
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Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1981
1981, No. 1
Number 19 of 1981
EMPLOYERS' EMPLOYMENT CONTRIBUTION SCHEME ACT, 1981
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR A SCHEME TO BE KNOWN AS THE EMPLOYERS' EMPLOYMENT CONTRIBUTION SCHEME, FOR THE PAYMENT OF CONTRIBUTIONS BY EMPLOYERS TO THAT SCHEME AND FOR OTHER CONNECTED MATTERS. [2nd June, 1981]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:
Definitions.
1.âIn this Actâ
âAct of 1981â means the
Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1981
;
âcontribution yearâ means a year of assessment within the meaning of the Income Tax Acts;
âemployer's employment contributionâ has the meaning assigned to it by
section 6
of this Act;
âthe Schemeâ means the Employers' Employment Contribution Scheme established by
section 2
of this Act.
Establishment of Employers' Employment Contribution Scheme.
2.âThere shall be established a Scheme which shall be known as the Employers' Employment Contribution Scheme (and is referred to in this Act as âthe Schemeâ) and which shall be in operation for a period of not more than one year.
Control of Scheme.
3.âThe Scheme shall be under the joint control and management of the Confederation of Irish Industries and the Federated Union of Employers (in this Act referred to as âthe managersâ).
Purpose of Scheme.
4.âThe moneys standing to the credit of the Scheme shall be applied by the managers for the purpose of defraying expenditure on projects which in the opinion of the managers will result in the maintenance of existing employment in the textile, clothing, footwear and leather industries.
Resources of Scheme.
5.âThe Scheme shall be funded out of the proceeds of the employer's employment contribution.
Employer's employment contribution.
6.â(1) The employment contribution payable by an employer under section 10 of the Act of 1981 shall, for the contribution year commencing on the 6th day of April, 1981, be increased by an amount which shall be known and is referred to in this Act as âthe employer's employment contributionâ.
(2) The employer's employment contribution shallâ
(a) be payable in respect of the reckonable earnings by reference to which the employment contribution is determined under the Act of 1981,
(b) be calculated at the rate of 0.2 per cent. of the amount of such reckonable earnings, and
(c) be deemed to be an employment contribution within the meaning of the Act of 1981.
(3) Subsection (1) of this section shall not have effect in relation to an employee to whom article 7 or 8 of the Social Welfare (Modifications of Insurance) Regulations, 1979 (S.I. No. 87 of 1979), applies.
(4) Sections 10 (1) (c) and 10 (1) (d) of the Act of 1981 shall apply to an employer's employment contribution in like manner as they apply to contributions by employers under section 10 (1) (b) of that Act.
(5) Notwithstanding any contract to the contrary, an employer shall not be entitled to deduct from the remuneration of any person employed by him (or otherwise to recover from such a person) the employer's employment contribution payable in respect of that person.
(6) (a) Subject to paragraph (b) of this subsection, all moneys paid in respect of the employer's employment contribution shall be paid by the Revenue Commissioners to the Minister for Social Welfare and shall be transferred by that Minister to the account of the Scheme.
(b) The Minister for Social Welfare shall remit 10 per cent. of the moneys referred to in paragraph (a) of this subsection to the Revenue Commissioners as a debt due in lieu of income tax or corporation tax to the Minister for Finance for the benefit of the Central Fund.
Non-application of sections 15, 115 (2) and 117 of Act of 1981.
7.âSections 15, 115 (2) and 117 of the Act of 1981 shall not apply in relation to an employer's employment contribution.
Short title.
8.âThis Act may be cited as the Employers' Employment Contribution Scheme Act, 1981.
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