Protection of Employees (Amendment) Bill 2012

Public bill · Private Member · Introduced

The Protection of Employees (Amendment) Bill 2012 would give workers more warning and consultation before collective redundancies: 60 days in medium-sized companies and 90 days in larger ones. It would require employment-rights hearings and applications to the insolvency fund to be dealt with within 60 days, with regular public updates if delayed, and would allow workers to claim from the fund when an employer has stopped trading without formal liquidation.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to provide for extensions to the periods of notice required to be given in collective redundancies, to provide a time limit within which applications for redress for employees must be heard, to confer certain rights on employees where employers fail to pay debts due, to provide a time limit within which applications for redress must be processed and to provide for related matters

Last updated 15 May 2018