Unit 3 Law & The Worker

This week we will focus on the Redundancy Payments Act, Unfair Dismissals Acts and Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) TUPE.

PowerPoint Presentation:

Please find the PowerPoint Presentation for week three below:

Fair Procedures_

Unfair Dismissals Act

TUPE

Week-3-Redundancy-Payments-Act

Reading:

Essential Reading:

IRNTUPE

Fitzgerald, K., 2020. Department’s ‘insourcing’ of welfare office was a transfer of undertakings. Industrial Relations News (IRN), Issue 09, 5 March.

Continuous Employment

Government of Ireland, 1973. Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Act 1973 – First Schedule: Computation of Continuous Service. Revised Acts. Available at: https://revisedacts.lawreform.ie/eli/1973/act/4/schedule/1/revised/en/html [Accessed 30 Sep. 2025].

Additional Reading:

Extracts on from the draft TUF guide:

Reading-Redundancy-TUF

Reading-Transfer-Of-Undertakings-1

Reading-Unfair-Dismissals-TUF

IRN Articles

Sligo-IT-cleaners-plan-48-hour-work-stoppage-in-TUPE-row

Sheehan, B., 2019. Sligo IT cleaners plan 48-hour work stoppage in TUPE row. Industrial Relations News (IRN), Issue 34, 26 September.

TUPE-deal-in-St-Patricks-Mental-Health-Services-followed-campaign

Sheehan, B., 2020. TUPE deal in St Patrick’s Mental Health Services followed campaign. Industrial Relations News (IRN), Issue 09, 5 March.

The-Right-Route-to-Redundancies

McMahon, G., 2020. The Right Route to Redundancies: Top Ten Tips. Industrial Relations News (IRN), Issue 23, 18 June.

Drivers-win-significant-TUPE-case-at-Stobart

Prendergast, A., 2014. Drivers win significant TUPE case at Stobart. Industrial Relations News (IRN), Issue 17, 7 May. Available at: http://www.irn.ie/issues/article.asp?id=18052&issueType=4&kw=Tesco [Accessed 30 Sep. 2025]