This Overview summarises the issues and provides links to relevant Practice Notes relating to redundancy in Ireland.
Redundancies in Ireland are governed by legislation under the Redundancy Payments Act 1967 (Ireland) (RPA 1967 (IRL)), as amended, and the Protection of Employment Acts 1977 (Ireland) (PEA 1977 (IRL)), as amended, which governs collective redundancy
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