Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Act 2012
Number 13 of 2012
PROTECTION OF EMPLOYEES (TEMPORARY AGENCY WORK) ACT 2012
REVISED
Updated to 14 October 2020
This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Act 2012. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under the Law Reform Commission Act 1975 (3/1975) to keep the law under review and to undertake revision and consolidation of statute law.
All Acts up to and including the Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), enacted 14 October 2020, and all statutory instruments up to and including the Employment Affairs and Employment Law (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 438 of 2020), made 13 October 2020, were considered in the preparation of this Revised Act.
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Number 13 of 2012
PROTECTION OF EMPLOYEES (TEMPORARY AGENCY WORK) ACT 2012
REVISED
Updated to 14 October 2020
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Preliminary and General
Section
1. Short title and commencement.
4. Publicly funded work placement schemes, etc.
Agency Workers
6. Basic working and employment conditions of agency workers.
8. Certain collective agreements.
9. Restriction of certain enactments.
10. Statement of terms of employment of agency workers.
11. Access to employment by hirer.
12. Voidance of certain provisions.
13. Offence to charge fees to certain individuals.
14. Obligations of hirers to agency workers.
15. Duty of hirer to provide information to employment agency.
Amendment of Enactments
16. Amendment of Employment Agency Act 1971.
17. Amendment of section 10 of Protection of Employment Act 1977.
18. Amendment of section 3 of Transnational Information and Consultation of Employees Act 1996.
19. Amendment of Employees (Provision of Information and Consultation) Act 2006.
20. Amendment of certain statutory instruments.
Protection of Employees and Redress
21. Protection for persons who report breaches of Act.
23. Prohibition on penalisation by employer.
24. Prohibition on penalisation by hirer.
25. Complaints in respect of certain contraventions of Act.
Directive 2008/104/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on Temporary Agency Work
Redress for certain contraventions of Act
Acts Referred to
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1988, No. 27 |
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1956, No. 46 |
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1963, No. 33 |
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1990, No. 33 |
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1982, No. 10 |
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1976, No. 7 |
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1981, No. 11 |
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Employees (Provision of Information and Consultation) Act 2006 |
2006, No. 9 |
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1971, No. 27 |
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1998, No. 21 |
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2005, No. 23 |
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2001, No. 37 |
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2000, No. 5 |
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1997, No. 20 |
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1984, No. 21 |
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2001, No. 45 |
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1977, No. 7 |
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1967, No. 21 |
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2005, No. 10 |
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1994, No. 5 |
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1941, No. 22 |
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Transnational Information and Consultation of Employees Act 1996 |
1996, No. 20 |
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Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977 to 2007 |
Number 13 of 2012
PROTECTION OF EMPLOYEES (TEMPORARY AGENCY WORK) ACT 2012
REVISED
Updated to 14 October 2020
AN ACT TO GIVE EFFECT TO DIRECTIVE 2008/104/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL OF 19 NOVEMBER 2008 1 ON TEMPORARY AGENCY WORK; FOR THAT PURPOSE TO AMEND CERTAIN ENACTMENTS; AND TO PROVIDE FOR MATTERS CONNECTED THEREWITH.
[16th May, 2012]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:
Annotations
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Functions transferred and references construed (14.10.2020) by Employment Affairs and Employment Law (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 438 of 2020), arts. 2, 3(1)(a), (2) and sch., in effect as per art. 1(2), subject to transitional provisions in arts. 4-8.
2. (1) The administration and business in connection with the exercise, performance or execution of any functions transferred by Article 3 are transferred to the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation.
(2) References to the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection contained in any Act or any instrument made under such Act and relating to any administration and business transferred by paragraph (1) shall, on and after the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation.
3. (1) The functions vested in the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection -
(a) by or under the Acts specified in Part 1 of the Schedule and the provisions of the Acts specified in Part 2 of the Schedule, and
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are transferred to the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation.
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(2) References to the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection contained in any Act or instrument made under such Act and relating to any functions transferred by this Article shall, on and after the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation.
SCHEDULE 1
PART 1
ACTS OF THE OIREACHTAS
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Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Act 2012 (No. 13 of 2012)
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Editorial Notes:
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Act included in definitions of “employment enactment” and “relevant enactment” (1.08.2015) by Workplace Relations Act 2015 (16/2015), s. 2 and sch. 1 part 1 item 17, S.I. No. 338 of 2015, with the following effects:
• Authorised officers or inspectors under employment enactments deemed to be appointed under Workplace Relations Act 2015 (16/2015), s. 26(2) and subject to termination under s. 26(4).
• Powers of inspectors for purposes of relevant enactments defined in Workplace Relations Act 2015 (16/2015), s. 27.
• Workplace Relations Commission, an inspector or an adjudication officer authorised to disclose employer’s registered number or employee’s PPSN to enable Labour Court to perform functions under relevant enactments by Workplace Relations Act 2015 (16/2015) s. 31(5).
• Power of Workplace Relations Commission and official body to disclose information to each other concerning the commission of offence under relevant enactment provided by Workplace Relations Act 2015 (16/2015), s. 32.
• Power of Workplace Relations Commission and contracting authority to disclose information to each other concerning the commission of offence under employment enactment/ relevant enactment provided by Workplace Relations Act 2015 (16/2015), s. 33.
• Powers of Minister to prosecute under relevant enactments transferred to Workplace Relations Commission and references construed by Workplace Relations Act 2015 (16/2015), s. 37.
• Functions of EAT to hear claims under employment enactments transferred to Workplace Relations Commission and references to EAT construed by Workplace Relations Act 2015 (16/2015) s. 66(1), (2), not commenced as of date of revision.
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Previous affecting provision: functions transferred and “Minister for” and “Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation” construed (1.09.2017) by Labour Affairs and Labour Law (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2017 (S.I. No. 361 of 2017), arts. 2, 3, 6-8, in effect as per art. 1(2), subject to transitional provisions in arts. 4, 5; superseded as per C-note above.