Kathryn Reilly (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 48:

In page 28, after line 37, to insert the following:"Liability of a company officer or officers for a breach of employment law

29.Where a breach of employment law is committed by a body corporate or by a company officer or officers acting on behalf of a body corporate and is determined to have been so committed, with the consent, connivance or approval of, or to have been attributable to any neglect on the part of, a person or persons who, when the breach was committed was a company officer or officers of the body corporate, then that person or persons shall be personally liable for the breach committed.".

The amendment has been designed to pierce the corporate veil to enable the pursuit of directors of a company to ensure employees can seek recovery of payments and access to entitlements. The amendment would tackle the Connolly Shoes scenario, in which company A employed staff but all of the assets were held by company B.