Dara Calleary
Legislation providing increased protections for employees in a collective redundancy situation following their employers insolvency is to be drafted as a priority, the government has announced.
Ministers yesterday approved the priority drafting of the Plan of Action on Collective Redundancies following Insolvency Bill 2023, which will implement the remaining commitments contained in an action plan published in June 2021.
As well as amending the Protection of Employment Act 1977 and the Companies Act 2014, the bill will establish a new statutory Employment Law Review Group to advise the minister for enterprise, trade and employment on all aspects of employment and redundancy law.
Dara Calleary, minister of state for…
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