{ "name": "redundancycalculatorireland.com Notice and Collective Redundancy Rules", "title": "Notice and Collective Redundancy Rules", "url": "https://redundancycalculatorireland.com/datasets/notice-and-collective-redundancy-rules/", "csv": "https://redundancycalculatorireland.com/datasets/notice-and-collective-redundancy-rules.csv", "markdown": "https://redundancycalculatorireland.com/datasets/notice-and-collective-redundancy-rules/index.md", "computed_at": "2026-11-08", "license": "https://redundancycalculatorireland.com/terms", "headline": "The Notice and Collective Redundancy Rules carries 11 published figures read from 4 sources' own pages; the 6 published figures given by rule run from 2 to 104 week, read 7 November 2026.", "quotes": [ "The Notice and Collective Redundancy Rules carries 11 published figures read from 4 sources' own pages; the 6 published figures given by rule run from 2 to 104 week, read 7 November 2026.", "6 of the 18 named sources read in full publish a figure; 12 publish none, read 7 November 2026.", "Notice and Collective Redundancy Rules, rule continuous service before an employee must give notice: median 13 week across 1 source, read 7 November 2026.", "Notice and Collective Redundancy Rules, rule absence that still counts as service: median 26 week across 1 source, read 7 November 2026.", "Notice and Collective Redundancy Rules, rule paid time off during the last weeks of notice: median 2 week across 1 source, read 7 November 2026.", "Notice and Collective Redundancy Rules, rule minimum consultation period: median 30 day across 1 source, read 7 November 2026.", "Notice and Collective Redundancy Rules, rule extended time limit for reasonable cause: median 12 month across 1 source, read 7 November 2026.", "Notice and Collective Redundancy Rules, rule maximum fine for failing to notify the Minister: median 250,000 EUR across 1 source, read 7 November 2026.", "Notice and Collective Redundancy Rules, rule collective redundancy standstill (Protection of Employment Act 1977): median 30 day across 1 source, read 7 November 2026.", "Notice and Collective Redundancy Rules, rule maximum compensation where financial loss is shown: median 104 week across 1 source, read 7 November 2026.", "Notice and Collective Redundancy Rules, rule maximum compensation where no financial loss is shown: median 4 week across 1 source, read 7 November 2026.", "Notice and Collective Redundancy Rules, rule time limit to make a complaint: median 6 month across 1 source, read 7 November 2026.", "Notice and Collective Redundancy Rules, rule time for an employer to carry out a Tribunal decision: median 6 week across 1 source, read 7 November 2026.", "Notice and Collective Redundancy Rules, service band 13 weeks to 2 years: median 1 week across 1 source, read 7 November 2026.", "Notice and Collective Redundancy Rules, service band 2 to 5 years: median 2 week across 1 source, read 7 November 2026.", "Notice and Collective Redundancy Rules, service band 5 to 10 years: median 4 week across 1 source, read 7 November 2026.", "Notice and Collective Redundancy Rules, service band 10 to 15 years: median 6 week across 1 source, read 7 November 2026.", "Notice and Collective Redundancy Rules, service band 15 years or more: median 8 week across 1 source, read 7 November 2026." ], "citation": "\"redundancycalculatorireland.com Notice and Collective Redundancy Rules\", updated 2026-11-08, https://redundancycalculatorireland.com/datasets/notice-and-collective-redundancy-rules/.", "changed_since": null, "national": { "unit": "week", "n": 11, "median": 6, "min": 1, "max": 104, "p25": 2, "p75": 13, "mean": 16, "units": { "EUR": 1, "day": 2, "month": 2, "week": 11 }, "published_sources": 6, "named_sources": 18, "read_sources": 18, "not_published": 12, "published_share": 0.333 }, "by_axis": { "rule": { "continuous service before an employee must give notice": { "week": { "n": 1, "median": 13, "min": 13, "max": 13, "p25": 13, "p75": 13, "mean": 13 } }, 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"https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employment/unemployment-and-redundancy/redundancy/redundancy-notice-periods/", "figure": "2 weeks", "value": 2, "unit": "week", "vat": null, "axis": { "service band": "2 to 5 years" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-11-07", "quote": "Between 2-5 years 2 weeks", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "3803976824ca649424afc6f32df2e31005363877866351ee6518a2796544f1db" }, { "source": "Citizens Information - Redundancy notice periods", "url": "https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employment/unemployment-and-redundancy/redundancy/redundancy-notice-periods/", "figure": "4 weeks", "value": 4, "unit": "week", "vat": null, "axis": { "service band": "5 to 10 years" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-11-07", "quote": "Between 5-10 years 4 weeks", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "3803976824ca649424afc6f32df2e31005363877866351ee6518a2796544f1db" }, { "source": "Citizens Information - Redundancy notice periods", "url": "https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employment/unemployment-and-redundancy/redundancy/redundancy-notice-periods/", "figure": "6 weeks", "value": 6, "unit": "week", "vat": null, "axis": { "service band": "10 to 15 years" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-11-07", "quote": "Between 10-15 years 6 weeks", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "3803976824ca649424afc6f32df2e31005363877866351ee6518a2796544f1db" }, { "source": "Citizens Information - Redundancy notice periods", "url": "https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employment/unemployment-and-redundancy/redundancy/redundancy-notice-periods/", "figure": "8 weeks", "value": 8, "unit": "week", "vat": null, "axis": { "service band": "15 years or more" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-11-07", "quote": "Over 15 years 8 weeks", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "3803976824ca649424afc6f32df2e31005363877866351ee6518a2796544f1db" }, { "source": "Citizens Information - Redundancy notice periods", "url": "https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employment/unemployment-and-redundancy/redundancy/redundancy-notice-periods/", "figure": "2 weeks", "value": 2, "unit": "week", "vat": null, "axis": { "rule": "paid time off during the last weeks of notice" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-11-07", "quote": "If you are being made redundant, you are entitled by law, to paid time off during your last 2 weeks of notice to look for a new job.", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "3803976824ca649424afc6f32df2e31005363877866351ee6518a2796544f1db" }, { "source": "Workplace Relations Commission - Collective Redundancies", "url": "https://www.workplacerelations.ie/en/what_you_should_know/ending%20the%20employment%20relationship/collective%20redundancies/", "figure": "30 days", "value": 30, "unit": "day", "vat": null, "axis": { "rule": "minimum consultation period" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-11-07", "quote": "to engage in an information and consultation process with employees’ representatives for at least 30 days, and", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "1135b5dd461e31edb56a8263e5effa1e9a1441350475fde0c23d04d90d661ced" }, { "source": "Workplace Relations Commission - Collective Redundancies", "url": "https://www.workplacerelations.ie/en/what_you_should_know/ending%20the%20employment%20relationship/collective%20redundancies/", "figure": "12 months", "value": 12, "unit": "month", "vat": null, "axis": { "rule": "extended time limit for reasonable cause" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-11-07", "quote": "The WRC can extend this time period to 12 months if you can demonstrate reasonable cause.", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "1135b5dd461e31edb56a8263e5effa1e9a1441350475fde0c23d04d90d661ced" }, { "source": "Workplace Relations Commission - Collective Redundancies", "url": "https://www.workplacerelations.ie/en/what_you_should_know/ending%20the%20employment%20relationship/collective%20redundancies/", "figure": "€250,000.", "value": 250000, "unit": "EUR", "vat": null, "axis": { "rule": "maximum fine for failing to notify the Minister" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-11-07", "quote": "An employer cannot make employees redundant until at least 30 days after notification of the proposed redundancy has been received by the Minister. 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No. 324 of 2024 (collective redundancy notification)", "url": "https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2024/si/324/made/en/print", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-10", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Act 1973", "url": "https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1973/act/4/enacted/en/html", "retrieved_at": "2026-11-07", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Act 1973, section 4", "url": "https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1973/act/4/section/4/enacted/en/html", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-10", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Act 1973, Schedule 2", "url": "https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1973/act/4/schedule/2/enacted/en/html", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-19", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Unfair Dismissals Act 1977, section 6 (unfair selection for redundancy)", "url": "https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1977/act/10/section/6/enacted/en/html", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-03", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Citizens Information - Giving notice when leaving your job", "url": "https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employment/starting-work-and-changing-job/changing-job/giving-notice/", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-26", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "Workplace Relations Commission - Workplace Relations Legislation", "url": "https://www.workplacerelations.ie/en/what_you_should_know/legislation/workplace-relations-legislation/", "retrieved_at": "2026-11-07", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Citizens Information - Redundancy procedures", "url": "https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employment/unemployment-and-redundancy/redundancy/redundancy-procedures/", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-24", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employment/unemployment-and-redundancy/redundancy/redundancy-notice-periods/", "label": "Citizens Information - Redundancy notice periods", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.workplacerelations.ie/en/what_you_should_know/ending%20the%20employment%20relationship/minimum%20notice/", "label": "Workplace Relations Commission - Minimum Notice", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employment/unemployment-and-redundancy/losing-your-job/losing-job-entitlements/", "label": "Citizens Information - Losing your job: entitlements", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.workplacerelations.ie/en/what_you_should_know/ending%20the%20employment%20relationship/collective%20redundancies/", "label": "Workplace Relations Commission - Collective Redundancies", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://enterprise.gov.ie/en/publications/notify-the-minister-of-a-proposed-collective-redundancy.html", "label": "DETE - Notify the Minister of a proposed collective redundancy", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-enterprise-tourism-and-employment/publications/notify-the-minister-of-a-proposed-collective-redundancy/", "label": "gov.ie - Notify the Minister of a proposed collective redundancy", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1977/act/7/enacted/en/html", "label": "Protection of Employment Act 1977", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1977/act/7/section/6/enacted/en/html", "label": "Protection of Employment Act 1977, section 6 (the collective-redundancy thresholds)", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2024/si/324/made/en/print", "label": "S.I. No. 324 of 2024 (collective redundancy notification)", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1973/act/4/enacted/en/html", "label": "Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Act 1973", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1973/act/4/section/4/enacted/en/html", "label": "Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Act 1973, section 4", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1973/act/4/schedule/2/enacted/en/html", "label": "Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Act 1973, Schedule 2", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1977/act/10/section/6/enacted/en/html", "label": "Unfair Dismissals Act 1977, section 6 (unfair selection for redundancy)", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.workplacerelations.ie/en/what_you_should_know/ending%20the%20employment%20relationship/dismissal/", "label": "Workplace Relations Commission - Dismissal", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employment/starting-work-and-changing-job/changing-job/giving-notice/", "label": "Citizens Information - Giving notice when leaving your job", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.workplacerelations.ie/en/what_you_should_know/legislation/workplace-relations-legislation/", "label": "Workplace Relations Commission - Workplace Relations Legislation", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employment/unemployment-and-redundancy/redundancy/redundancy-procedures/", "label": "Citizens Information - Redundancy procedures", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.workplacerelations.ie/en/publications_forms/leaflet_-_minimum_notice_terms_of_employment_acts.pdf", "label": "WRC - Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Acts leaflet", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" } ], "methodology": "Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2). 6 of the 18 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 12 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 0 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere. The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source for each breakdown it prices, in week (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences for one breakdown), so a page that gives figures for several breakdowns gives one for each and N counts 11 figures, never sentences; 38 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): one row per rule per threshold, quoted from the statute with its effective date, then joined so a single answer can be computed: the minimum-notice ladder by service band, the four collective-redundancy headcount thresholds against establishment size, the 30-day consultation and notification clocks and the penalty. No authority publishes the notice ladder and the collective thresholds as one table, and no calculator tells a buyer whether their employer crossed a threshold.", "embed": "

2 to 104 week

6 of 11 published figures (rule), Notice and Collective Redundancy Rules, across 4 sources, read 7 November 2026

Source: redundancycalculatorireland.com Notice and Collective Redundancy Rules
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