Collective Redundancies – What’s Changed?

Posted in : LK Shields on Employment Law on 7 August 2024
Siobhán Lafferty
LK Shields Solicitors LLP
Issues covered: Collective Redundancies; Protection of Employment; Responsible Persons; Notification by Electronic Means; Employment Law Review Group

Collective Redundancies – What’s Changed?

The Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Act 2024 (the 2024 Act) came into force on 1 July 2024.  It introduces enhanced protection for employees where there are collective redundancies in an insolvency situation.

The existing Protection of Employment legislation has been amended by the 2024 Act so that it is consistent with the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union – by now specifying that the obligations on an employer in relation to collective redundancies must also be complied with by a liquidator or similar appointee when implementing collective redundancies as part

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This article is correct at 07/08/2024
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Siobhán Lafferty
LK Shields Solicitors LLP

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