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PART 3
Miscellaneous
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Clarification of effect of certain enactments in relation to posted workers and other persons having an employment relationship in the State.
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20.—(1) In this section, the “Directive” means Directive 96/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1996 concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services.
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(2) For the avoidance of doubt, every enactment referred to in subsection (3) that confers rights or entitlements on an employee applies and shall be deemed always to have applied to—
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(a) a posted worker (within the meaning of the Directive), and
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(b) a person, irrespective of his or her nationality or place of residence, who—
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(i) has entered into a contract of employment that provides for his or her being employed in the State,
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(ii) works in the State under a contract of employment, or
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(iii) where the employment has ceased, entered into a contract of employment referred to in subparagraph (i) or worked in the State under a contract of employment,
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in the same manner, and subject to the like exceptions not inconsistent with this subsection, as it applies and applied to any other type of employee.
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(3) The enactment mentioned in subsection (2) is one the principal functions under which are vested (disregarding functions vested in the Labour Court, the Employment Appeals Tribunal or any other person who is not a Minister of the Government or a Minister of State) in—
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(a) the Minister or a Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, or
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(b) the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform or a Minister of State at the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform.
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