Updated to 10 October 2025 (Act No. 10 of 2025 and S.I. No. 474 of 2025)
All effects below are reflected in the most recent Revised Act.
Contents
Commencement
| Section | Commencement/Effective Date Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
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Commencement Information |
|---|---|---|
| Whole Act | 24 July 2006 | Employees (Provision of Information and Consultation) Act 2006 (Commencement) Order 2006 (S.I. No. 382 of 2006), art. 2 |
Amendments and other effects
| How Affected | Affecting Provision | Affecting Provision Commencement/Effective Date
Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
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Commencement Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. 1(1) amended | Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Act 2012, (No. 13 of 2012), ss. 19(a)(i) | 16 May 2012 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 1(1) references construed | Workplace Relations Act 2015 (No. 16 of 2015), ss. 1(2), 57(2), (3) | 1 October 2015 | Workplace Relations Act 2015 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 410 of 2015), art. 2 |
| S. 1(1A) inserted | Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Act 2012, (No. 13 of 2012), ss. 19(a)(ii) | 16 May 2012 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 4(1)(a) date prescribed | Employees (Provision of Information and Consultation) Act 2006 (Prescribed Dates) Regulations 2006 (S.I. No. 383 of 2006) | ||
| S. 8(5)(b) amended | Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Act 2012 (No. 13 of 2012) ss. 19(b) | 16 May 2012 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 9(1)(a) date prescribed | Employees (Provision of Information and Consultation) Act 2006 (Prescribed Dates) Regulations 2006 (S.I. No. 383 of 2006) | ||
| S. 13 provision specified for the purposes of | Workplace Relations Act 2015 (No. 16 of 2015), ss. 1(2), 41(1), sch. 5 pt. 1 item 17 | 1 October 2015 | Workplace Relations Act 2015 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 410 of 2015), art. 2 |
| Sch. 3, para 1 substituted | Workplace Relations Act 2015 (No. 16 of 2015), s. 52(1), (3), sch. 7 pt. 1 ref. 22 | 1 October 2015 | Workplace Relations Act 2015 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 410 of 2015), art. 2 |
| Sch. 3, para 1 relevant redress provision specified | Workplace Relations Act 2015 (No. 16 of 2015), ss. 1(2), 41(5)(b)(i), sch. 6 pt. 1 item 22 | 1 October 2015 | Workplace Relations Act 2015 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 410 of 2015), art. 2 |
| Sch. 3, para 2 substituted | Workplace Relations Act 2015 (No. 16 of 2015), ss. 1(2), 52(1), (3), sch. 7 pt. 1 ref. 22 | 1 October 2015 | Workplace Relations Act 2015 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 410 of 2015), art. 2 |
| Sch. 3, para 2 relevant redress provision specified | Workplace Relations Act 2015 (No. 16 of 2015), ss. 44(1)(b)(i), sch. 6 pt. 2 item 22 | 1 October 2015 | Workplace Relations Act 2015 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 410 of 2015), art. 2 |
| Sch. 3, para 3 repealed | Workplace Relations Act 2015 (No. 16 of 2015), ss. 1(2), 8(1), (2), sch. 2 pt. 1 ref. 21 |
SIs made under the Act
| Section | SIs made under the Act |
|---|---|
| S. 2 | Employees (Provisions of Information and Consultation) Act 2006 (Prescribed Dates) Regulations 2006 (S.I. No. 383 of 2006) |