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
S. 1	16 May 2012	Commenced on enactment
Ss. 2- 5	5 December 2011	S. 1(2)
S. 6(1) in so far as it relates to pay	5 December 2011	Commenced on enactment
S. 6(1) except in so far as it relates to pay	5 December 2011	S. 1(2)
S. 6 (2)-(5)	5 December 2011	S. 1(2)
S. 7	16 May 2012	Commenced on enactment
S. 8	5 December 2011	S. 1(2)
S. 9	5 December 2011	S. 1(2)
Ss. 10- 12	16 May 2012	Commenced on enactment
S. 13(1)	5 December 2011	S. 1(2)
S. 13 (2)-(3)	17 May 2012	S. 1(4)
S. 13(4)	5 December 2011	S. 1(2)
Ss. 14-21	16 May 2012	Commenced on enactment
S. 22	17 May 2012	S. 1(4)
Ss. 23-25	16 May 2012	Commenced on enactment
Sch. 1 (Directive 2008/104/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008)	5 December 2008	Art. 13
Sch. 2	16 May 2012	Commenced on enactment

Amendments and other effects

How Affected	Affecting Provision
Act included in definition of employment enactment	Workplace Relations Act 2015 (16/2015), s. 2 and sch. part 1 item 17
Transfer of functions	Employment Affairs and EmploymentLaw (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order2020 (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
s. 2(3)(b) amended	Education and Training Boards Act 2013 (No. 11 of 2013), ss. 1(2), 72(1), sch. 6, item 60
S. 6 redress procedure provided	Workplace Relations Act 2015 (No. 16 of 2015), ss. 1(2), 41(1), sch. 5 part 1 item 25
S. 11 redress procedure provided	Workplace Relations Act 2015 (No. 16 of 2015), ss. 1(2), 41(3)(a)
S. 13(1) provision specified for the purposes of	Workplace Relations Act 2015 (No. 16 of 2015), ss. 1(2), 41(1), sch. 5 pt. 1 item 25
S. 14 redress procedure provided	Workplace Relations Act 2015 (No. 16 of 2015), ss. 1(2), 41(3)(a)
S. 14 compliance notice procedure provided	Workplace Relations Act 2015 (No. 16 of 2015), ss. 1(2), 28(17), sch. 4
S. 21(1) renumbered as subs. (1)	Protected Disclosures Act 2014 (No. 14 of 2014) ss. 1(2), 24(1), sch. 4 pt. 1 item 15
S. 21(2) inserted	Protected Disclosures Act 2014 (No. 14 of 2014) ss. 1(2), 24(1), sch. 4 pt. 1 item 15
S. 22(1A) inserted	Protected Disclosures Act 2014 (No. 14 of 2014) ss. 1(2), 24(1), sch. 4 pt. 1 item 15
S. 23 redress procedure provided	Workplace Relations Act 2015 (No. 16 of 2015), ss. 1(2), 41(1), sch. 5 pt. 1 item 25
S. 23(1A) inserted	Protected Disclosures Act 2014 (No. 14 of 2014) ss. 1(2), 24(1), sch. 4 pt. 1 item 15
S. 24 redress procedure provided	Workplace Relations Act 2015 (No. 16 of 2015), ss. 1(2), 41(3)(a)
S. 24(1A) inserted	Protected Disclosures Act 2014 (No. 14 of 2014) ss. 1(2), 24(1), sch. 4 pt. 1 item 15
Sch. 2 references construed	Workplace Relations Act 2015 (No. 16 of 2015) ss. 1(2), 66(2), (3)
Sch. 2 para 1 substituted	Workplace Relations Act 2015 (No. 16 of 2015), ss. 1(2), 52(1), (3), sch. 7 pt. 1 item 31
Sch. 2 para 1 relevant redress provision specified	Workplace Relations Act 2015 (No. 16 of 2015), ss. 1(2), 41(1)(b)(i), (iii), sch. 6 pt. 1 item 31
Sch. 2 para 2 substituted	Workplace Relations Act 2015 (No. 16 of 2015), ss. 1(2), 52(1), (3), sch. 7 pt. 1 item 31
Sch. 2 para 2 relevant redress provision specified	Workplace Relations Act 2015 (No. 16 of 2015), ss. 1(2), 44(1)(b)(i), (iii), sch. 6 pt. 2 item 31
Sch. 2 paras 3-5 repealed	Workplace Relations Act 2015 (No. 16 of 2015), ss. 1(2), 8(1), (2), (7), sch. 2 pt. 1 item 29

SIs made under the Act

Section	SIs made under the Act
None