S.I. No. 140/1977:

PROTECTION OF EMPLOYMENT ACT, 1977 (NOTIFICATION OF PROPOSED COLLECTIVE REDUNDANCIES) REGULATIONS, 1977.

PROTECTION OF EMPLOYMENT ACT, 1977 (NOTIFICATION OF PROPOSED COLLECTIVE REDUNDANCIES) REGULATIONS, 1977.

I, MICHAEL O'LEARY, Minister for Labour, in exercise of the power conferred on me by Section 12 of the Protection of Employment Act, 1977 (No. 7 of 1977), hereby make the following Regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Protection of Employment Act, 1977 (Notification of Proposed Collective Redundancies) Regulations, 1977.

(2) These Regulations shall come into force on the 10th day of May, 1977.

2. The following particulars shall be specified by an employer in a notification under Section 12 of the Protection of Employment Act, 1977 (No. 7 of 1977) :--

(a) the name and address of the employer, indicating whether he is a sole trader, a partnership or a company;

(b) the address of the establishment where the collective redundancies are proposed;

(c) the total number of persons normally employed at that establishment;

(d) the number and descriptions or categories of employees whom it is proposed to make redundant;

(e) the period during which the collective redundancies are proposed to be effected, stating the dates on which the first and the final dismissals are expected to take effect;

(f) the reasons for the proposed collective redundancies;

(g) the names and addresses of the trade unions or staff associations representing employees affected by the proposed redundancies and with which it has been the practice of the employer to conduct collective bargaining negotiations;

(h) the date on which consultations with each such trade union or staff association commenced and the progress achieved in those consultations to the date of the notification.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 10th day of May, 1977.

MICHAEL O'LEARY,

Minister for Labour.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations prescribe the particulars to be specified by an employer in a notification under Section 12 of the Protection of Employment Act, 1977 .