Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 6 July 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the Companies (Protection of Employees' Rights in Liquidations) Bill 2021: Discussion

Ms Maeve McElwee:

Exactly. It is no longer within the gift of the employer to be able to have that conversation. The challenge then is how we commit employees to 30 days of negotiation when the employer can no longer pay them.