Written answers
Tuesday, 7 November 2023
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Redundancy Payments
Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour)
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397. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of times his Department, under the Protection of Employment Act 1977 (as amended), has been notified to date in 2023 of a collective redundancy situation; to supply a list of companies involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47854/23]
Neale Richmond (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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Section 12 of the Protection of Employment Act 1977 provides that employers proposing a collective redundancy must notify the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment of the proposed collective redundancy.
Collective redundancies arise where, during any period of 30 consecutive days, the employees being made redundant are:
- 5 employees where 21-49 are employed,
- 10 employees where 50-99 are employed,
- 10% of the employees where 100-299 are employed,
- 30 employees where 300 or more are employed.
In 2023, the Department has received 156 collective redundancy notifications up to end-October. A list of the employers who submitted a notification is provided in the table below. Please note that some employers may have submitted more than one collective redundancy notification during the year.
| Accenture Global Solutions Ireland |
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| Accenture Limited |
| Alltech Farming Solutions Limited |
| Amazon Data Services Ireland Limited |
| AMO Ireland |
| Anam Technologies Limited |
| Argos Distributors Ireland Limited |
| Arrabawn Co-Operative Food Society Limited |
| Artomatix Ltd |
| Aspen Pharma Trading Limited |
| Avaya International Sales Limited |
| Avid International Ltd |
| Belgard Solicitors LLP |
| BrowserStack Limited |
| BSI Professional Services (Ireland) Limited |
| Cartamundi Ireland Ltd |
| Carten Controls Ltd |
| Cedar House Nursing Home CLG |
| Citrix System Ireland Limited |
| Clyde and Co Ireland LLP |
| Cognizant Technology Solutions Ireland Ltd |
| Coinbase Ireland Limited |
| Concentrix |
| Concentrix SREV Europe Ltd. |
| Corman Miloko Ireland Ltd |
| CPL Solutions Limited |
| CPL Solutions t/a Covalen |
| Crown Gaming Ireland Limited (DraftKings) |
| Currencyfair Limited |
| Custom Burger Limited |
| CVS (Ireland) Veterinary Services No 2 Limited |
| Davra Networks Limited |
| DHL Supply Chain Ireland Ltd |
| Docusign International (EMEA) Limited |
| Edwards Vacuum Technology Ireland Ltd |
| EIS Software Limited |
| Equifax Technology Ltd |
| Everise Labs Ireland |
| Extraspace Solutions Limited t/a ESS Modular |
| Ezetop Unlimited T/A Ding |
| Foursite Design Consultants Limited |
| Frontapp Ireland Ltd |
| Galfay Ltd T/A Padre Pio Nursing Home |
| Gamestop Limited |
| General Electric |
| Genpact Ireland Private Limited |
| Genport Limited t/a Hampton Hotel |
| Genuity Science Ireland Limited |
| Global Entserv Solutions Galway Limited |
| Global Retinopathy Screening Limited, t/a Medica Vision |
| Globoforce Limited t/a Workhuman |
| Google Ireland Limited |
| Greenhouse Software Ireland Limited |
| Greenway Couriers |
| Groupon International Ltd |
| GTLK Europe DAC |
| HealthBeacon PLC |
| Hertz Europe Service Centre Ltd |
| Highgrove Property Limited |
| HRB GTC Ireland Unlimited |
| HTE Engineering Services Limited |
| Hubspot Ireland Limited |
| IDG Communications Ltd |
| ILC Dover Blarney Limited Partnership |
| Indeed Ireland Operations Limited |
| Intel Ireland |
| Interactive Services, Inc |
| Internal Results (Ireland) Limited |
| Irish Management Institute |
| ISS Ireland Ltd |
| ITX Retail Ireland Limited |
| JDX Consulting Ireland Limited |
| Kepak Cork Unlimited Company |
| Kyndryl Ireland Limited |
| LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company |
| LM Ericsson Ltd |
| Lumen Technologies CDN Ireland Limited |
| Mainstream Renewable Power Ltd |
| Majorel Ireland Limited |
| Marco Polo Operations (Ireland) Limited |
| Marks & Spencer (Ireland) |
| McCurragh Limited |
| Medtronic |
| Merative Healthcare Ireland Limited |
| Meta Platforms Ireland Limited |
| Metron Stores Ltd |
| Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited Company and Microsoft Ireland Research Unlimited Company |
| Milnes Fresh Food Company |
| Mincon International Limited |
| MM Fiber Packaging Limited |
| Musgrave Operating Partners Ireland Limited |
| Night Mountain Ltd T/A UX Design Institute |
| Nomadic Structures Ireland Ltd |
| Occipital Ltd t/a Covalen |
| Ocuco Ltd |
| OKBL Services |
| Overhaul driven by trust limited |
| P&O European Ferries (Irish Sea) Limited |
| Peloton Interactive Ireland Limited |
| Pentagon Technologies Ireland Ltd. |
| Qualtrics Ireland Limited |
| Qwertee |
| Randstad Ireland Operations Limited |
| Remitly Europe Limited |
| Repligen Ireland CLG |
| Sage Hibernia Limited |
| Sender Technologies Europe Limited |
| SFDC Ireland Limited |
| Shalom Nursing Home |
| Sky Ireland Ltd |
| Spearline Labs Limited |
| SSE Renewables Holdings Limited |
| SSP Ireland |
| Stafford Fuels Ltd |
| Staircircle Limited |
| Supervalu |
| Taylor Made Glass and Systems Ltd |
| Teleperformance Ireland Limited |
| Tesco Ireland Limited |
| ThinScale Technology Limited |
| Tripadvisor Ireland Ltd |
| Twilio Ireland Limited |
| Twitter International Unlimited |
| Ulster Bank Ireland DAC |
| UnipolRE DAC |
| Urban Picnic Ltd |
| Vela Games Ltd |
| Voxpro Limited t/a TELUS International Ireland |
| Wayfair Stores Limited |
| Wildlife Studios Limited |
| Windsor Motors Unlimited |
| Wipro Ltd |
| Wyeth Nutritionals Ireland Limited |
| Yahoo EMEA Ltd |
| Zalando Ireland Ltd |
| Zendesk International Limited |
Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour)
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398. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is satisfied that the current round of redundancies undertaken by Google does not fall under a collective redundancy situation; and to outline what steps his Department has made to ascertain the number of redundancies taking place currently in Google; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47855/23]
Neale Richmond (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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The Protection of Employment Act 1977, as amended, imposes certain legal obligations on employers proposing collective redundancies. The Act defines a collective redundancy as where, during any period of 30 consecutive days, the employees being made redundant are:
- 5 employees where 21-49 are employed,
- 10 employees where 50-99 are employed,
- 10% of the employees where 100-299 are employed,
- 30 employees where 300 or more are employed.
There are several mechanisms in place to ensure employers comply with their obligations under the Act.
First, employees can make a complaint to the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) if they believe their employer has failed to undertake a consultation or to provide information to the employees’ representatives. If the WRC upholds the complaint, employees may be awarded up to four weeks’ remuneration for each breach of the Act.
Second, the Act also makes it an offence for an employer to fail to comply with their legal obligations. An employer who fails to initiate consultations, provide information to employees’ representatives or notify the Minister is guilty of an offence and will be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding €5,000. An employer who dismisses employees before the expiry of the 30-day period following notification to the Minister is guilty of an offence and will be liable on conviction on indictment to a fine not exceeding €250,000. The WRC is the statutory agency responsible for bringing such prosecutions.
Where redundancies occur which are outside the parameters of collective redundancies, employers are still legally obliged to conduct the redundancy process fairly and to use a reasonable selection criteria in choosing to make people redundant. In accordance with the principles of fair procedures and natural justice, any such process should normally include a consultation with potentially affected employees.
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