Forthcoming legislation

Title of Bill

Purpose of Bill

Status of Bill

Work-life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill

To increase the participation of women in the labour market and the take-up of family-related leave and flexible working arrangements. It will also have provisions for Domestic Violence Leave

Draft (general) scheme published - Oireachtas Committee Scrutiny

Final text of proposed bill published

Right to Request Remote Work Bill

To introduce the right to request remote work

Draft (general) scheme published - Oireachtas Committee Scrutiny

Final text of proposed bill published

Sick Leave Bill

To introduce a statutory sick pay scheme for Ireland

Dáil stage 3

Dáil stage 4

Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill

To consolidate the Employment Permits Acts, and to make certain amendments to modernise the employment permits system and increase its responsiveness

Draft (general) scheme published - Oireachtas Committee Scrutiny

Final text of proposed bill published

Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill

To transpose the EU Whistleblowing Directive

Seanad stage 2

Seanad stage 3

Maternity Protection (Amendment) Bill

To extend the period during which breastfeeding breaks can be taken from 26 weeks to two years

Dáil stage 2

Dáil stage3

Living Wage Bill

To provide for the Programme for Government commitment to progress to a living wage

Draft Scheme not published yet

Draft Scheme to be published

Protection of Employment (Collective Redundancies) (Amendment) Bill

To introduce reforms to enhance the rights of employees in the context of collective redundancies following insolvency within the Protection of Employment Act 1977

Dáil stage 3

Dáil stage 4

Transposition of EU Directive 2019/1152 on Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions

To ensure that all workers have the right to more complete information on the essential aspects of the work, the right to seek additional employment, with a ban on exclusivity clauses, and the right to more predictable working schedules

Dáil stage 2

Dáil stage 3

Gender Pay Gap Act 2021

Enacted

Commencement

Redundancy Payments (Amendment) Act 2021

Initiated

N/A

Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021

Dáil stage 2

Dáil stage 3

Companies (Protection of Employees’ Rights in Liquidations) Bill 2021

Dáil stage 2

Dáil stage 3

Transposition of EU Directive 2019/1152 on Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions

Dáil stage 2

Dáil stage 3

National Minimum Wage (Protection of Employee Tips) Bill 2017

Dáil stage 3

Dáil stage 4

Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022

Seanad stage 3

Seanad stage 4

The Temporary Protection Directive (2001/55 EC)

Activated

N/A

Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System

Details of Scheme published

Final details of Scheme to be published

Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014 (Code of Practice on Equal Pay) Order 2022

SI in effect

N/A

Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014 Code of Practice on Sexual Harassment and Harassment at Work) Order 2022

SI in effect

N/A

Organisation of Working Time (Workers’ Rights and Bogus Self-Employment) (Amendment) Bill 2021

Dáil stage 2

Dáil stage 3

Just Transition (Worker & Community Environmental Rights) Bill 2021

Dáil stage 2

Dáil stage 3

Workers Co-Operatives and Right to Buy Bill 2021

Seanad stage 2

Seanad stage 3

Organisation of Working Time (Amendment) (Right to Disconnect) Bill 2020

Dáil stage 2

Dáil stage 3

Employment Equality (Abolition of Mandatory Retirement Age) Bill 2022

Dáil stage 2

Dáil stage 3

Industrial Relations (Sectoral Employment Orders Confirmation) Bill 2020

Dáil stage 2

Dáil stage 3

Bills on Dáil Order Paper

Stage

Redundancy Payments (Amendment) Bill 2022

Order for Second Stage