Regional labour inspectors and the first Workers' Protection laws - Ireland

At a news conference on 11 February, Micheál Martin, the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, confirmed that Labour Inspectors are to be placed in regional centres across the country in an effort to ensure the rights of workers are protected in every region. Inspectors will be based in Dublin, Cork, Shannon and Sligo as well as the new head office for the Employment Rights Authority in Carlow. The number of inspectors in the process of being increased by 200% to 90.

Details of the first Bill to give effect to the Government's employment rights commitment, the Protection of Employment (Exceptional Collective Redundancies) Bill have also been outlined. The Bill provides for the establishment of a Redundancy Panel, drawn from the social partners, which can request the Minister to refer cases of dismissals to the Labour Court for an opinion as to whether or not they are genuine redundancies. Based on that opinion the Minister may refuse to pay a redundancy rebate. There are also other provisions in the Bill, including abolishing the upper age limit of 66 for qualifying for statutory redundancy.

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