Protection of Employees (Employers’ Insolvency) (Amendment) Act 2026

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Number 7 of 2026


PROTECTION OF EMPLOYEES (EMPLOYERS’ INSOLVENCY) (AMENDMENT) ACT 2026


CONTENTS

PART 1

Preliminary and General

Section

1. Short title, citation and commencement

2. Definition

3. Saver

PART 2

Amendment of Principal Act

4. Amendment of section 1 of Principal Act

5. Amendment of section 4 of Principal Act

6. Insertion of sections 4A to 4H in Principal Act

7. Amendment of section 6 of Principal Act

8. Amendment of section 7 of Principal Act

9. Amendment of section 8 of Principal Act

10. Amendment of section 9 of Principal Act

11. Amendment of section 10 of Principal Act

12. Amendment of section 11 of Principal Act

PART 3

Amendment of Employment Equality Act 1998

13. Amendment of Employment Equality Act 1998


Acts Referred to

Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Act 2024 (No. 20)

Companies Act 2014 (No. 38)

Employment Agency Act 1971 (No. 27)

Employment Equality Act 1998 (No. 21)

Pensions Act 1990 (No. 25)

Personal Insolvency Act 2012 (No. 44)

Protection of Employees (Employers’ Insolvency) Act 1984 (No. 21)

Protection of Employees (Employers’ Insolvency) Acts 1984 to 2020

Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (No. 39)

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Number 7 of 2026


PROTECTION OF EMPLOYEES (EMPLOYERS’ INSOLVENCY) (AMENDMENT) ACT 2026


An Act to amend the Protection of Employees (Employers’ Insolvency) Act 1984 ; to give further effect to Directive 2008/94/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 20081 on the protection of employees in the event of the insolvency of their employer; to make provision for the deeming of employers to be insolvent in certain circumstances; to make further provision on the treatment of employees whose employer enters into an insolvency arrangement; to make further provision for the manner of calculation of certain payments made out of the Social Insurance Fund to certain employees in respect of insolvent employers; to amend the Employment Equality Act 1998 ; and to provide for related matters.

[30th March, 2026]

Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows:

1 OJ No. L 283, 28.10.2008, p. 36