Section 12 of the Protection of Employment Act 1977 provides that employers proposing a collective redundancy must notify the Minister of the proposed collective redundancy.
The statistics in relation to collective redundancy notifications since March 2020 are -
Collective Redundancies Notified
|
March
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April
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May
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June
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July (to 15/07)
|
Number of Notifications Received
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16
|
17
|
28
|
37
|
11
|
Number of Potential Redundancies Advised
|
1195
|
1960
|
2159
|
1464
|
555
|
My Department monitors that the legislative requirements for consultation and notification of potential redundancies to the Minister are complied with.
I am advised that it is not possible to confirm if the actual number of redundancies occurring will correlate to that advised to me as Minister as a potential redundancy.
I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.