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Protection of Employment Act, 1977 (No. 7)Introductory TextActs Referred toPart I Preliminary and General (ss. 1-8)1. Short title and commencement.2. Interpretation.3. Regulations and orders.4. Laying of orders and regulations before Houses of Oireachtas.5. Expenses.6. Meaning of collective redundancies.7. Application and non-application of Act.8. Calculation of normal number of employees.Part II Consultation and Notification (ss. 9-13)9. Obligation on employer to consult employees' representatives.10. Obligation on employer to supply certain information.10A. Application of sections 9 and 10.11. Penalty for contravention of section 9 or 10.11A. Decision of adjudication officer under section 41 of Workplace Relations Act 2015.11B. Decision of Labour Court on appeal from decision referred to in section 11A.12. Obligation on employer to notify Minister of proposed redundancies.13. Penalty for contravention of section 12.Part III Commencement of Collective Redundancies (ss. 14-17)14. Collective redundancies not to take effect for 30 days.15. Further consultations with Minister.16. Saver for employees' rights to notice, etc.17. Provisions relating to authorised officers.Part IV Miscellaneous (ss. 18-22)18. Records to be kept by employers.19. Certain provisions to be null and void.20. Notices, etc. to Minister.21. Proceedings under Act.22. Mitigation of penalty for certain offences.
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Version status: | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Version date: 5 April 1977 - onwards

Introductory Text

Number 7 of 1977

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DIRECTIVE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES DONE AT BRUSSELS ON THE 17th DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1975, REGARDING THE APPROXIMATION OF THE LAWS OF MEMBER STATES OF THOSE COMMUNITIES RELATING TO COLLECTIVE REDUNDANCIES, AND TO PROVIDE FOR OTHER MATTERS RELATING TO THAT MATTER.

[5th April, 1977]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:

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