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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

Acts Referred to

Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, c. 60

Trade Union Act, 1941, No. 22

Local Government Act, 1941, No. 23

Industrial Relations Act, 1969, No. 14

Trade Union Act, 1971, No. 33

Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Act, 1973, No. 4

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