All effects below are reflected in the most recent Revised Act.

Contents

• Commencement
• Amendments and other effects
• SIs made under the Act

Commencement

Section	Commencement Date	Commencement Information
Whole Act	8 May 2007	Commenced on enactment

Amendments and other effects

How Affected	Affecting Provision
Act included in collectively cited Employment Equality Acts 1998 to 2015	24/2004, s. 1(2)
	27/2007, s. 1(5)
	14/2008, s. 1(8)
	23/2011, s. 1(4)
	43/2015, s. 16(3)
Act included in collectively cited Protection of Employment Acts 1977 to 2014	27/2007, s. 1(2)
	27/2007, s. 1(2)
Act included in collectively cited Redundancy Payments Acts 1967 to 2014	20/1971, s. 20(2)
	11/1973, s. 2(2)
	7/1979, s. 21(2)
	21/1984, s. 18(2)
	5/1990, s. 1(4)
	5/1991, s. 8(2)
	7/1991, s. 1(3)
	45/2001, s. 1(4)
	14/2003, s. 17(3)
	27/2007, s. 1(3)
	37/2011, s. 1(3)
	43/2012, s. 1(3)
	1/2014, s. 1(19)
Act included in collectively cited Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977 to 2015	5/1991, s. 8(6)
	22/1993, s. 17(2)
	45/2001, s. 1(6)
	18/2005, s. 1(3)
	27/2007, s. 1(4)
	27/2015, s. 1(4)
Transfer of functions	Employment Affairs and Employment Law (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 438 of 2020), arts. 1(2), 2, 3 and sch. part 1
	Labour Affairs and Labour Law (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2017 (S.I. No. 361 of 2017), arts. 1(2), 2, 3 and sch. part 1
Collectively cited Employment Equality Acts included in definitions of employment, relevant enactments	Workplace Relations Act 2015 (16/2015), ss. 1(2), 2 and sch. 1 item 15
Collectively cited Protection of Employment Acts included in definitions of employment, relevant enactments	Workplace Relations Act 2015 (16/2015), ss. 1(2), 2 and sch. 1 item 19
Collectively cited Redundancy Payments Acts included in definitions of employment, relevant enactments	Workplace Relations Act 2015 (16/2015), ss. 1(2), 2 and sch. 1 item 18
Collectively cited Unfair Dismissals Acts included in definitions of employment, relevant enactments	Workplace Relations Act 2015 (16/2015), ss. 1(2), 2 and sch. 1 item 14
S. 5(2)(a) amended	Workplace Relations Act 2015 (No. 16 of 2015), ss. 1(2), 85(a)
S. 5(3) amended	Workplace Relations Act 2015 (No. 16 of 2015), ss. 1(2), 85(b)
S. 5(7)(d) substituted	Local Government Reform Act 2014 (No. 1 of 2014), ss. 1(22), 5(8), sch. 2 pt. 6
S. 5(10) amended	Workplace Relations Act 2015 (No. 16 of 2015), ss. 1(2), 85(c)
S. 8(4) references construed	Workplace Relations Act 2015 (No. 16 of 2015) ss. 1(2), 66(2), (3)
S. 9(1), (2) transfer of functions	S.I. No. 189 of 2010, arts. 2, 3

SIs made under the Act

Section	SIs made under the Act
S. 3(2)	Protection of Employment (Exceptional Collective Redundancies and Related Matters) Act 2007 (Duration of Part 2) Order 2016 (S.I. No. 224 of 2016)
	Protection of Employment (Exceptional Collective Redundancies and Related Matters) Act 2007 (Duration of Part 2) Order 2013 (S.I. No. 153 of 2013)
	Protection of Employment (Exceptional Collective Redundancies and Related Matters) Act 2007 (Duration of Part 2) Order 2010 (S.I. No. 197 of 2010)