Updated to 5 April 2024 (Act No. 9 of 2024 and S.I. No. 141 of 2024)

Contents

Commencement

SectionCommencement DateCommencement Information
Whole Act 8 May 2007 Commenced on enactment

Amendments and other effects

How AffectedAffecting Provision
Act included in collectively cited Employment Equality Acts 1998 to 2015 24/2004, s. 1(2)
  27/2007, s. 1(5)
  14/2008, s. 1(8)
  23/2011, s. 1(4)
  43/2015, s. 16(3)
Act included in collectively cited Protection of Employment Acts 1977 to 2014 27/2007, s. 1(2)
  27/2007, s. 1(2)
Act included in collectively cited Redundancy Payments Acts 1967 to 2014 20/1971, s. 20(2)
  11/1973, s. 2(2)
  7/1979, s. 21(2)
  21/1984, s. 18(2)
  5/1990, s. 1(4)
  5/1991, s. 8(2)
  7/1991, s. 1(3)
  45/2001, s. 1(4)
  14/2003, s. 17(3)
  27/2007, s. 1(3)
  37/2011, s. 1(3)
  43/2012, s. 1(3)
  1/2014, s. 1(19)
Act included in collectively cited Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977 to 2015 5/1991, s. 8(6)
  22/1993, s. 17(2)
  45/2001, s. 1(6)
  18/2005, s. 1(3)
  27/2007, s. 1(4)
  27/2015, s. 1(4)
Transfer of functions Employment Affairs and Employment Law (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 438 of 2020), arts. 1(2), 2, 3 and sch. part 1
  Labour Affairs and Labour Law (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2017 (S.I. No. 361 of 2017), arts. 1(2), 2, 3 and sch. part 1
Collectively cited Employment Equality Acts included in definitions of employment, relevant enactments Workplace Relations Act 2015 (16/2015), ss. 1(2), 2 and sch. 1 item 15
Collectively cited Protection of Employment Acts included in definitions of employment, relevant enactments Workplace Relations Act 2015 (16/2015), ss. 1(2), 2 and sch. 1 item 19
Collectively cited Redundancy Payments Acts included in definitions of employment, relevant enactments Workplace Relations Act 2015 (16/2015), ss. 1(2), 2 and sch. 1 item 18
Collectively cited Unfair Dismissals Acts included in definitions of employment, relevant enactments Workplace Relations Act 2015 (16/2015), ss. 1(2), 2 and sch. 1 item 14
S. 5(2)(a) amended Workplace Relations Act 2015 (No. 16 of 2015), ss. 1(2), 85(a)
S. 5(3) amended Workplace Relations Act 2015 (No. 16 of 2015), ss. 1(2), 85(b)
S. 5(7)(d) substituted Local Government Reform Act 2014 (No. 1 of 2014), ss. 1(22), 5(8), sch. 2 pt. 6
S. 5(10) amended Workplace Relations Act 2015 (No. 16 of 2015), ss. 1(2), 85(c)
S. 8(4) references construed Workplace Relations Act 2015 (No. 16 of 2015) ss. 1(2), 66(2), (3)
S. 9(1), (2) transfer of functions S.I. No. 189 of 2010, arts. 2, 3

SIs made under the Act

SectionSIs made under the Act
S. 3(2) Protection of Employment (Exceptional Collective Redundancies and Related Matters) Act 2007 (Duration of Part 2) Order 2016 (S.I. No. 224 of 2016)
  Protection of Employment (Exceptional Collective Redundancies and Related Matters) Act 2007 (Duration of Part 2) Order 2013 (S.I. No. 153 of 2013)
  Protection of Employment (Exceptional Collective Redundancies and Related Matters) Act 2007 (Duration of Part 2) Order 2010 (S.I. No. 197 of 2010)