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Labour law in Ireland

Ireland

Explained acts: 262Practical guides: 6

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Labour law

262

Land And Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009

Unfair Dismissals Act, 1977

Employment Equality Act, 1998

Employment Equality Act, 1977

Unemployment Assistance (Amendment) Act, 1940

Presidential Elections (Amendment) Act, 1946

Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Act, 1976

Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2023

Trade Loans (Guarantee) Act, 1924

Pensions (Abatement) Act, 1965

National Bank Transfer Act, 1966

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2012

Payment of Wages Act, 1991

Protection of Young Persons (Employment) Act, 1977

Redundancy Payments Act, 1971

Cork Tramways (Employees' Compensation) Act, 1933

Local Authorities (Traffic Wardens) Act, 1975

Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Act, 1973

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2018

Protection of Employees (Employers’ Insolvency) (Amendment) Act 2026

Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act, 1976

Terms of Employment (Information) Act, 1994

Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005

National Minimum Wage Act, 2000

Protection of Employees (Employers' Insolvency) Act, 1984

Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005

Workplace Relations Act 2015

Redundancy Payments Act, 1967

Organisation of Working Time Act, 1997

Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020

Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1981

Social Welfare (No. 2) Act, 1989

Competition (Amendment) Act 2017

Workmen's Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1953

Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Act, 1947

Shops (Conditions of Employment) (Amendment) Act, 1942

Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Act, 1942

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2015

Screening of Third Country Transactions Act 2023

Social Welfare (Amendment) Act, 1984

Social Welfare Act, 1979

Workmen's Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1955

Consular Conventions Act, 1954

Medical Act, 1925

Social Welfare (No. 2) Act, 1982

Housing (Financial and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1932

Regulation of Banks (Remuneration and Conditions of Employment) (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1975

Social Welfare Act, 1978

Legal Services Regulation Act 2015

Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Act, 1949

Employment Permits (Amendment) Act 2014

Health (General Practitioner Service) Act 2014

Local Government (Superannuation) Act, 1956

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act, 2001

Parental Leave (Amendment) Act 2006

Worker Protection (Regular Part-Time Employees) Act, 1991

Local Government (Superannuation) Act, 1980

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1964

Unemployment Insurance Act, 1945

Protection of Employment Act, 1977

Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 2001

Restrictive Trade Practices (Amendment) Act, 1959

Industrial Research and Standards Act, 1946

Unemployment Insurance Act, 1926

Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Act 2012

Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Act 2017

Social Welfare (No. 3) Act, 1974

Workplace Relations (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2021

Enforcement of Law (Occasional Powers) Act, 1924

Legal Practitioners (Irish Language) Act 2008

Transnational Information and Consultation of Employees Act, 1996

Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Act, 1972

Unfair Dismissals (Amendment) Act, 1993

Consumer Protection (Gift Vouchers) Act 2019

Social Welfare Act, 1999

Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Act 2012

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1966

Court Officers (Amendment) Act, 1937

Youth Employment Agency Act, 1981

Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Act 2013

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act, 1955

Unemployment Assistance (Amendment) Act, 1938

Unemployment Insurance (No. 2) Act, 1924

Protection of Employment (Exceptional Collective Redundancies and Related Matters) Act 2007

Referendum (Amendment) Act, 1959

Restrictive Practices (Amendment) Act, 1987

Labourers Act, 1965

Social Welfare (Pay-Related Benefit) Act, 1975

Landlord and Tenant (Ground Rents) Act, 1978

Broadcasting Act, 1990

Údarás na Gaeltachta Act, 1979

Local Government Act, 1933

Labour Services (Amendment) Act 2009

Unemployment Insurance Act, 1923

Health (Provision of General Practitioner Services) Act 2012

Veterinary Surgeons Act, 1952

Merchant Shipping (International Labour Conventions) Act, 1933

Housing (Amendment) Act, 1941

Censorship of Publications Act, 1929

Medical Practitioners Act, 1955

Protection of Young Persons (Employment) Act, 1996

Agricultural Wages Act, 1936

Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act 2011

Regulation of Banks (Remuneration and Conditions of Employment) (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1976

Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act, 1993

Health (General Practitioner Service) Act 2015

Local Authorities (Electrical Employees) Act, 1937

Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2010

Great Southern Railways Company (Superannuation Scheme) Act, 1947

Social Welfare (Occupational Injuries) Act, 1966

Health (General Practitioner Service and Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Act 2020

Local Authorities (Cost of Living) Act, 1940

Worker Participation (State Enterprises) Act, 1988

Civil Service (Transferred Officers) Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1947

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1961

Workmen's Compensation Act, 1934

Unemployment Insurance Act, 1941

Unemployment Insurance Act, 1933

Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2015

Unemployment Assistance (Amendment) Act, 1935

Electricity Supply Board (Superannuation) Act, 1942

Superannuation and Pensions Act, 1976

Transport Act, 1964

Unemployment Insurance Act, 1946

Labourers Act, 1930

Payment of Wages Act, 1979

Trade Loans (Guarantee) Act, 1939

Local Elections (Petitions and Disqualifications) Act, 1974

Housing Amendment Act, 1948

Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Act 2022

Loan Guarantee Schemes Agreements (Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland) Act 2021

Broadcasting Authority (Amendment) Act, 1979

Unemployment Assistance Act, 1933

Maternity Protection of Employees Act, 1981

Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act, 2002

Legal Practitioners (Qualification) Act, 1929

Industrial Development (No. 2) Act, 1981

Regulation of Banks (Remuneration and Conditions of Employment) (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1973

Turf Development Act, 1950

Employment Premium Act, 1975

Trade Union Act, 1941

Holidays (Employees) Act, 1961

Gaeltacht Industries Act, 1957

Transport Act, 1955

Irish Steel Limited Act, 1996

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1969

B & I Line Act, 1991

Pharmacy Act 2007

Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Act 2023

Social Welfare Act, 1977

Children (Amendment) Act, 1957

Gender Pay Gap Information Act 2021

Unemployment Insurance Act, 1924

Civil Service (Employment of Married Women) Act, 1973

Irish Shipping Limited (Payments To Former Employees) Act, 1994

Health (General Practitioner Service) Act 2018

Employees (Provision of Information and Consultation) Act 2006

Social Welfare (Amendment) Act, 1956

Export Promotion (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 1983

Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Act 2018

Local Authorities (Officers and Employees) Act, 1983

Local Government (Temporary Provisions) (Amendment) Act, 1935

Housing and Labourers Act, 1937

Social Welfare Act, 1972

Solicitors (Ireland) Act 1898, Amendment Act, 1923

Moneylenders Act, 1933

Restrictive Practices Act, 1972

Turf Development Act, 1953

Agricultural Workers (Holidays) (Amendment) Act, 1975

Maternity Protection Act, 1994

Social Welfare Act, 1975

Shops (Conditions of Employment) Act, 1938

Holidays (Employees) Act, 1939

Social Welfare Act, 1970

Disability Act 2005

Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act 2017

Local Authorities (Officers and Employees) Act, 1926

Unemployment (Relief Works) Act, 1940

Social Welfare (No. 2) Act, 1987

Workmen's Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1948

Social Welfare (Amendment) Act, 1978

Local, Government (Superannuation) Act, 1948

Industrial Development Act 2006

Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005

Competition Act, 2002

Employment Guarantee Fund Act, 1980

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1965

Housing (Amendment) Act, 1956

Worker Participation (State Enterprises) Act, 1977

Social Welfare (No. 2) Act, 1974

Housing (Amendment) Act, 1958

Protection of Employees (Part-Time Work) Act, 2001

Labour Services Act, 1987

Protected Disclosures Act 2014

Social Welfare Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1962

Control of Prices Act, 1932

Social Welfare Act 2019

Holidays (Employees) Act, 1973

Prices Act, 1958

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