Employment Permits Act 2006

Original of permit to be issued to foreign national, information to be included in permit, etc.

9.— (1) The Minister shall cause—

(a) the original of an employment permit granted under section 8 to be issued to the foreign national concerned, and

(b) a copy of the permit so granted (unless granted on foot of an application by a foreign national) to be issued to the person who will employ the foreign national concerned pursuant to the permit.

(2) An employment permit shall include the following information:

(a) if the permit has been granted other than on foot of an application by a foreign national, a description of the employment in respect of which the permit has been granted and a statement of the remuneration and any deductions, where agreed, for board and accommodation or either of them in respect of the employment;

(b) if the permit has been granted on foot of an application by a foreign national, a description of the economic sector in which the foreign national concerned is permitted, pursuant to the permit, to be employed in the State;

(c) a statement of the requirement under the National Minimum Wage Act 2000 that the foreign national concerned be paid the national minimum hourly rate of pay by his or her employer and the effect of subsections (1), (3) and (4) of section 23 ; and

(d) a statement that a new application for the grant of an employment permit may be made in respect of the foreign national concerned subject to, and in accordance with, the Employment Permits Acts 2003 and 2006.

(3) An employment permit shall include or be accompanied by a summary of the principal employment rights of the employee.

(4) Subsections (2) and (3) are in addition to any other provision of this Act, or any provision of regulations under section 29 (2), specifying matters or information to be included in an employment permit.