There is legal provision for this at S.9 (1)(c) of the Redundancy Payments Act 1967(as amended) which has the effect that an employee can terminate their own employment, if this is due to the employers conduct, and is still able to claim redundancy. The employer’s conduct could be many things, however, an example is if an employer changed a term of contract unilaterally, such as demanding an employee change a place of employment to a different part of the country. In most scenarios it will be the employer who terminates the employment, and the employee then seeks the redundancy lump sum payment.