Updated to 16 September 2025 (Act No. 10 of 2025 and S.I. No. 432 of 2025)
All effects below are reflected in the most recent Revised Act.
Protection of Employees (Part-Time Work) Act 2001
No. 45 of 2001
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 | 20 December 2001 | Protection of Employees (Part-Time Work) Act 2001 (Commencement) Order 2001 (S.I. No. 636 of 2001), 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Act included in collectively cited Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Acts 1973 to 2005 | 21/1984, s. 18(3) | 30 November 1984 | Commenced on enactment |
| 5/1991, s. 8(3) | 6 April 1991 | Worker Protection (Regular Part-Time Employees) Act 1991 (Commencement) Order 1991 (S.I. No. 75 of 1991), art. 2 | |
| 45/2001, s. 1(2) | 20 December 2001 | Protection of Employees (Part-Time Work) Act 2001 (Commencement) Order 2001 (S.I. No. 636 of 2001), art. 2 | |
| 18/2005, s. 1(4) | 4 July 2006 | Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Act 2005 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2006 (S.I. No. 363 of 2006), art. 2 | |
| Act included in collectively cited Protection of Employees (Employers' Insolvency) Acts 1984 to 2019 | 5/1990, s. 1(5) | 4 April 1990 | Commenced on enactment |
| 5/1991, s. 8(8) | 6 April 1991 | Worker Protection (Regular Part-Time Employees) Act 1991 (Commencement) Order 1991 (S.I. No. 75 of 1991), art. 2 | |
| 45/2001, s. 1(3) | 20 December 2001 | Protection of Employees (Part-Time Work) Act 2001 (Commencement) Order 2001 (S.I. No. 636 of 2001), art. 2 | |
| 4/2004, s. 17(3) | 6 April 2004 | Industrial Relations (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004 (Commencement) Order 2004 (S.I. No. 138 of 2004), art. 2 | |
| 32/2012, s. 1(4) | 1 August 2012 | Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2012 (Commencement) Order 2012 (S.I. No. 302 of 2012), art. 2 | |
| 8/2019, s. 1(5) | 26 June 2019 | Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Act 2019 (Part 1) (Commencement) Order 2019 (S.I. No. 280 of 2019), art. 2 | |
| Act included in collectively cited Protection of Employment Acts 1977 to 2014 | 27/2007, s. 1(2) | 8 May 2007 | Commenced on enactment |
| 1/2014, s. 1(17) | 30 January 2014 | Local Government Reform Act 2014 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 38 of 2014), art. 2(a) | |
| Act included in collectively cited Redundancy Payments Acts 1967 to 2014 | 20/1971, s. 20(2) | 1 September 1971 | Redundancy Payments Act, 1971 (Commencement) Order 1971 (S.I. No. 230 of 1971), art. 2 |
| 11/1973, s. 2(2) | 2 July 1973 | Redundancy Payments Act, 1973 (Commencement) Order 1973 (S.I. No. 175 of 1973), art. 2 | |
| 7/1979, s. 21(2) | 6 April 1979 | Redundancy Payments Act 1979 (Commencement) Order 1979 (S.I. No. 95 of 1979), art. 2 | |
| 21/1984, s. 18(2) | 30 November 1984 | Commenced on enactment | |
| 5/1990, s. 1(4) | 4 April 1990 | Commenced on enactment | |
| 5/1991, s. 8(2) | 6 April 1991 | Worker Protection (Regular Part-Time Employees) Act 1991 (Commencement) Order 1991 (S.I. No. 75 of 1991), art. 2 | |
| 7/1991, s. 1(3) | 1 April 1991 | Commenced on enactment | |
| 45/2001, s. 1(4) | 20 December 2001 | Protection of Employees (Part-Time Work) Act 2001 (Commencement) Order 2001 (S.I. No. 636 of 2001), art. 2 | |
| 14/2003, s. 17(3) | 25 May 2003 | Redundancy Payments Act 2003 (Commencement) Order 2003 (S.I. No. 194 of 2003), art. 3(1) | |
| 27/2007, s. 1(3) | 8 May 2007 | Commenced on enactment | |
| 37/2011, s. 1(3) | 19 December 2011 | Commenced on enactment | |
| 43/2012, s. 1(3) | 21 December 2012 | Commenced on enactment | |
| 1/2014, s. 1(19) | 30 January 2014 | Local Government Reform Act 2014 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 38 of 2014), art. 2(a) | |
| Act included in collectively cited Terms of Employment (Information) Acts 1994 to 2014 | 45/2001, s. 1(5) | 20 December 2001 | Protection of Employees (Part-Time Work) Act 2001 (Commencement) Order 2001 (S.I. No. 636 of 2001), art. 2 |
| 32/2012, s. 1(5) | 1 August 2012 | Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2012 (Commencement) Order 2012 (S.I. No. 302 of 2012), art. 2 | |
| 1/2014, s. 1(21) | 30 January 2014 | Local Government Reform Act 2014 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 38 of 2014), art. 2(a) | |
| Act included in Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977 to 2015 | 5/1991, s. 8(6) | 6 April 1991 | Worker Protection (Regular Part-Time Employees) Act 1991 (Commencement) Order 1991 (S.I. No. 75 of 1991), art. 2 |
| 22/1993, s. 17(2) | 1 October 1993 | Unfair Dismissals (Amendment) Act 1993, s. 17(4) | |
| 45/2001, s. 1(6) | 20 December 2001 | Protection of Employees (Part-Time Work) Act 2001 (Commencement) Order 2001 (S.I. No. 636 of 2001), art. 2 | |
| 18/2005, s. 1(3) | 4 July 2006 | Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Act 2005 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2006 (S.I. No. 363 of 2006), art. 2 | |
| 27/2007, s. 1(4) | 8 May 2007 | Commenced on enactment | |
| 27/2015, s. 1(4) | 1 August 2015 | Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 329 of 2015), art. 2 | |
| Act included in Worker Participation (State Enterprises) Acts 1977 to 2001 | 13/1988, s. 27(2) | 12 June 1988 | Commenced on enactment |
| 5/1991, s. 8(5) | 6 April 1991 | Worker Protection (Regular Part-Time Employees) Act 1991 (Commencement) Order 1991 (S.I. No. 75 of 1991), art. 2 | |
| 38/1993, s. 19(2)(b) | 22 December 1993 | Commenced on enactment | |
| 45/2001, s. 1(5) | 20 December 2001 | Protection of Employees (Part-Time Work) Act 2001 (Commencement) Order 2001 (S.I. No. 636 of 2001), art. 2 | |
| Application of collectively cited Worker Participation (State Enterprises) Acts restricted with saving | 10/2004, ss. 6 (2) (3) (4) (6), 13 (2) | 27 September 2006 | Aer Lingus Act 2004 (Commencement of Section 6(2)) Order 2006 (S.I. No. 476 of 2006), art. 2 |
| Trans. of functns. under. | S.I. No. 438 of 2020, arts. 1(2), 2, 3, sch., part. 1 | 14 October 2020 | S.I. No. 438 of 2020, arts. 1(2), |
| 42/2004, ss. 3 (1), 4, 58, 59 (1) (2) (3), sch. 3 | 1 January 2005 | Health Act 2004 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2004 (S.I. No. 887 of 2004), art. 2 | |
| Act and collectively cited Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Acts, Protection of Employees (Employers' Insolvency Acts, Protection of Employment Acts, Redundancy Payments Acts, Terms of Employment (Information) Acts, Unfair Dismissals Acts, included in definition of employment, relevant enactments | 16/2015, s. 2 and sch. 1 part 1 item 9 | 1 August 2015 | Workplace Relations Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 338 of 2015), art. 2(c) |
| S. 3(1) am. | 1/2014, ss. 1(22), 5(8), sch. 2 pt. 6 | 1 June 2014 | Local Government Reform Act 2014 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) (No. 3) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 214 of 2014), art. 2 |
| 11/2013, ss. 1(2), 72(1), sch. 6, item 39 | 1 July 2013 | Education and Training Boards Act 2013 (Commencement) Order 2013 (S.I. No. 211 of 2013), art. 4 | |
| S. 7(4) non-application of | 13/2012, ss. 1(2), 9(b) | 5 December 2011 | S. 1(2) |
| S. 13 references construed | 16/2015, 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. 15(3) amended | 16/2015, ss. 1(2), 52(1), (3), sch. 7 pt. 1 item 16 | 1 October 2015 | Workplace Relations Act 2015 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 410 of 2015), art. 2 |
| S. 16 substituted | 16/2015, ss. 1(2), 52(1), (3), sch. 7 pt. 1 item 16 | 1 October 2015 | Workplace Relations Act 2015 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 410 of 2015), art. 2 |
| S. 17 substituted | 16/2015, ss. 1(2), 52(1), (3), sch. 7 pt. 1 item 16 | 1 October 2015 | Workplace Relations Act 2015 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 410 of 2015), art. 2 |
| S. 17 (8) am. | 29/2003 s. 19(3) | 14 July 2003 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 18 rep. | 16/2015, ss. 1(2), 8(1), (2), (7), sch. 2 pt. 1 item 15 | 1 October 2015 | Workplace Relations Act 2015 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 410 of 2015), art. 2 |
| S. 20(3) references construed | 16/2015, ss. 1(2), 66(2), (3) | 1 October 2015 | Workplace Relations Act 2015 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 410 of 2015), art. 2 |
SIs made under the Act
| Section | SIs made under the Act |
|---|---|
| None |