Key Legislative Developments in Employment Law from April – June 2016

Wednesday, 20 July 2016

The ByrneWallace Employment Law Legislative Updater is a series of quarterly bulletins outlining the key developments in legislation in employment legislation.

In this issue we review the period April to June 2016, and while there has not been significant activity during this period, there have been some important developments. The highlights include;

• The commencement of the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 and the Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Act 2016 on 29 April 2016.


• The Paternity Bill which provides for two week’s paternity leave to all “relevant parents” and the payment of a new social welfare payment of Paternity Benefit.


• The extension of Part 2 of the Protection of Employment (Exceptional Collective Redundancies and Related Matters) Act 2007 for an additional three years, until 7 April 2019.


• The Public Holidays (Lá na Poblachta) Bill 2016 [PMB] which proposes an additional public holiday falling on 24 April to commemorate those who gave their lives to pursue the freedom of the Irish nation.
  

Click here to download the full Legislative Updater – July 2016.

For further information please contact Emmet Whelan, or your usual contact in the ByrneWallace Employment Law Team.