Transnational Information and Consultation of Employees Act, 1996

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Number 20 of 1996

TRANSNATIONAL INFORMATION AND CONSULTATION OF EMPLOYEES ACT, 1996

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART I

Preliminary and General

PART II

Establishment of an Employee Information and Consultation Procedure or a European Employees' Forum or a European Works Council

PART III

Miscellaneous

FIRST SCHEDULE

Election of Employees' Representatives

SECOND SCHEDULE

Subsidiary Requirements: European Works Council

Number 20 of 1996

TRANSNATIONAL INFORMATION AND CONSULTATION OF EMPLOYEES ACT, 1996

AN ACT TO IMPLEMENT DIRECTIVE NO. 94/45 EC OF 22 SEPTEMBER, 1994 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION BY PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF TRANSNATIONAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE INFORMATION AND CONSULTATION OF EMPLOYEES IN COMMUNITY-SCALE UNDERTAKINGS AND COMMUNITY-SCALE GROUPS OF UNDERTAKINGS WHERE REQUESTED IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR IN THIS ACT, TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF EUROPEAN WORKS COUNCILS IN SUCH UNDERTAKINGS OR GROUPS OF UNDERTAKINGS UNLESS AGREEMENTS ENTERED INTO IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS ACT PROVIDE OTHERWISE, AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS. [10th July, 1996]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: