LegalizeWORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 2015
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Act to make provision as respects the resolution, mediation and adjudication of disputes and complaints relating to contraventions of, or entitlements under, certain enactments governing the employment relationship between employers and employees; for that purpose, to provide for the establishment of a body to be known as the Workplace Relations Commission; to provide for the dissolution of the Labour Relations Commission and the transfer of its functions to the aforementioned body; to provide for the dissolution of the Employment Appeals Tribunal and the transfer of its functions first instance to the aforementioned body and its appellate functions to the Labour Court; to provide for the transfer of the functions of the Director of the Equality Tribunal to the aforementioned body; to provide for the repeal of certain enactments; to provide for the amendment of certain enactments; and to provide for matters connected therewith
Section 32(1) of the Maternity Protection Act 1994
Section 33(1) of the Adoptive Leave Act 1995
Section 17A of the Transnational Information and Consultation of Employees Act 1996
Section 21(1) of the Parental Leave Act 1998
Section 21(1) of the Carer’s Leave Act 2001
Paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 1 to the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act 2001
Paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 to the Competition Act 2002
Section 55M(6) of the Health Act 2004
Paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to the Employees (Provision of Information and Consultation) Act 2006
F82[Paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Employment Permits Act 2024]
Paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 to the Consumer Protection Act 2007
Section 26(5) of the Chemicals Act 2008
Section 62(5) of the Charities Act 2009
Paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the National Asset Management Agency Act 2009
Paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to the Inland Fisheries Act 2010
Paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Criminal Justice Act 2011
Paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to the Property Services (Regulation) Act 2011
Paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Act 2012
Paragraph 1 of the Schedule to the Further Education and Training Act 2013
Paragraph 1 of Schedule 5 to the Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Act 2013
Paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Protected Disclosures Act 2014
F83[35. Section 23(2) of the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2015]
F84[36. Section 28(1) of the Paternity Leave and Benefit Act 2016]
F85[37. Sections 24(1) and (2) of the Parent’s Leave and Benefit Act 2019]
F86[38. F87[Section 14] of the Sick Leave Act 2022]
F88[39. Section 21A of the Parental Leave Act 1998
Section 27 of the [Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023]](https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2023/act/8)
F89[41. Section 129 of the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Act 2024]
F90[42. Section 6 of the Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Act 2025]
Statutory Instruments
Regulation 10 of the European Communities (Protection of Employees on Transfer of Undertakings) Regulations 2003 (S.I. No. 131 of 2003)
Regulation 15 of the European Communities (Organisation of Working Time) (Mobile Staff in Civil Aviation) Regulations 2006 (S.I. No. 507 of 2006)
Paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the European Communities (European Public Limited - Liability Company) (Employee Involvement) Regulations 2006 (S.I. No. 623 of 2006)
Paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the European Communities (European Cooperative Society) (Employee Involvement) Regulations 2007 (S.I. No. 259 of 2007)
F91[5. In relation to a complaint of a contravention of Article 16(9) of Regulation (EU) No. 376/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 20141, paragraph 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Reporting, Analysis and Follow-up of Occurrences in Civil Aviation) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 195 of 2020)]
F92[6. Paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 to the European Union (Cross-Border Conversions, Mergers and Divisions) Regulations 2023 (S.I. No. 233 of 2023)]
Regulation 8 of the European Communities (Working Conditions of Mobile Workers engaged in Interoperable Cross-Border Services in the Railway Sector) Regulations 2009 (S.I. No. 377 of 2009)
Regulation 18 of the European Communities (Road Transport) (Organisation of Working Time of Persons Performing Mobile Road Transport Activities) Regulations 2012 (S.I. No. 36 of 2012)
Part 2 Decisions of Labour Court
Acts of Oireachtas
Section 45B of the Industrial Relations Act 1946
Section 12A of the Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Act 1973
Section 11B of the Protection of Employment Act 1977
Section 32(2) of the Maternity Protection Act 1994
Section 33(2) of the Adoptive Leave Act 1995
Section 17B of the Transnational Information and Consultation of Employees Act 1996
Section 21(1) of the Parental Leave Act 1998
Section 21(2) of the Carer’s Leave Act 2001
Paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 1 to the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act 2001
Paragraph 6A of Schedule 3 to the Competition Act 2002
Section 55M(11) of the Health Act 2004
Paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 to the Employees (Provision of Information and Consultation) Act 2006
F93[Paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the Employment Permits Act 2024]
Paragraph 3A of Schedule 6 to the Consumer Protection Act 2007
Section 26(6A) of the Chemicals Act 2008
Section 62(8A) of the Charities Act 2009
Paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the National Asset Management Agency Act 2009
Paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 to the Inland Fisheries Act 2010
Paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the Criminal Justice Act 2011
Paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 to the Property Services (Regulation) Act 2011
Paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Act 2012
Paragraph 2 of the Schedule to the Further Education and Training Act 2013
Paragraph 2 of Schedule 5 to the Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Act 2013
Paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the Protected Disclosures Act 2014
F94[35. Section 23(3) of the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2015]
F95[36. Section 28(2) of the Paternity Leave and Benefit Act 2016]
F96[37. Section 24(3) of the Parent’s Leave and Benefit Act 2019]
F97[38. F98[Section 14] of the Sick Leave Act 2022]
F99[39. Section 21A of the Parental Leave Act 1998
Section 27 of the [Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023]](https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2023/act/8)
F100[41. Section 129 of the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Act 2024]
F101[42. Section 6 of the Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Act 2025]
Statutory Instruments
Regulation 11 of the European Communities (Protection of Employees on Transfer of Undertakings) Regulations 2003 (S.I. No. 131 of 2003)
Regulation 16 of the European Communities (Organisation of Working Time) (Mobile Staff in Civil Aviation) Regulations 2006 (S.I. No. 507 of 2006)
Paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the European Communities (European Public Limited - Liability Company) (Employee Involvement) Regulations 2006 (S.I. No. 623 of 2006)
Paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the European Communities (European Cooperative Society) (Employee Involvement) Regulations 2007 (S.I. No. 259 of 2007)
F102[5. In relation to a complaint of a contravention of Article 16(9) of Regulation (EU) No. 376/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014, paragraph 2 of the Schedule to the European Union (Reporting, Analysis and Follow-up of Occurrences in Civil Aviation) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 195 of 2020).]
F103[6. Paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to the European Union (Cross-Border Conversions, Mergers and Divisions) Regulations 2023 (S.I. No. 233 of 2023)]
Regulation 9 of the European Communities (Working Conditions of Mobile Workers engaged in Interoperable Cross-Border Services in the Railway Sector) Regulations 2009 (S.I. No. 377 of 2009)
Regulation 19 of the European Communities (Road Transport) (Organisation of Working Time of Persons Performing Mobile Road Transport Activities) Regulations 2012 (S.I. No. 36 of 2012)
SCHEDULE 7
Part 1 Amendment of Acts of the Oireachtas
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