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Where every figure comes from

Checked 13 Oct 2026rules version 2026-10.

Nothing on this site is hard-coded in a page. Every tool and guide reads a versioned rules file in which each block names its Act, its sources and the date it was checked. This page is that file, in words.

How the reading is done

  • The WRC, the Departments, Revenue and the Irish Statute Book allow crawlers and are read by the daily routine with an honest user agent, never a headless browser or proxy.
  • Citizens Information blocks automated reads and is read by hand; nothing is scraped from it.
  • The WRC’s decisions database is never crawled (its robots.txt disallows it); the awards register links each decision’s own page.
  • The rules file is re-read against the Acts each quarter, on every Budget and every 1 January. A weekly check flags anything not verified in 90 days.
  • Some blocks below are marked as awaiting a hand check against the Act: their wording came from the WRC's pages, Department releases or law-firm commentary because the Statute Book refused automated reads during research.

Dismissal

To be checked against the Act

Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977–2015

The WRC

To be checked against the Act

Workplace Relations Act 2015

Notice

Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Acts 1973–2005

Redundancy

To be checked against the Act

Redundancy Payments Acts 1967–2014

Tax on redundancy

To be checked against the Act

Tax on an ex gratia redundancy payment

Minimum wage

To be checked against the Act

National Minimum Wage Act 2000 and the annual order

Payment of wages

To be checked against the Act

Payment of Wages Act 1991

Working time and leave

To be checked against the Act

Organisation of Working Time Act 1997

Sick leave

To be checked against the Act

Sick Leave Act 2022

Family leave

To be checked against the Act

Remote and flexible working

To be checked against the Act

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023, Part 4

Contracts and status

To be checked against the Act

Terms of Employment (Information) Act 1994, as amended by the Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2018 and the European Union (Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions) Regulations 2022

Equality

To be checked against the Act

Employment Equality Acts 1998–2015

Bullying

To be checked against the Act

Code of Practice for Employers and Employees on the Prevention and Resolution of Bullying at Work (S.I. No. 674/2020, in force 2021)

Protected disclosures

To be checked against the Act

Protected Disclosures Acts 2014–2022

Retirement age

To be checked against the Act

Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Act 2025

Auto-enrolment pensions

To be checked against the Act

Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Act 2024

WRC statistics

To be checked against the Act

Key dates

The tracker, the updates log and the awards register

The rule-change tracker and the updates log (checked 2026-10-13) and the awards register (checked 2026-10-13) may cite only these hosts; the tests fail on any other:

Official record
irishstatutebook.ie, oireachtas.ie, api.oireachtas.ie, gov.ie, enterprise.gov.ie, workplacerelations.ie, labourcourt.ie, revenue.ie, citizensinformation.ie, lowpaycommission.ie, hsa.ie, ihrec.ie, opdc.ie, pensionsauthority.ie, courts.ie, eur-lex.europa.eu, hse.ie, education.ie, lawreform.ie, welfare.ie
Press report
rte.ie, irishtimes.com, irishexaminer.com, thejournal.ie, irishlegal.com, breakingnews.ie, independent.ie, businesspost.ie
Organisation
ictu.ie, siptu.ie, forsa.ie, lawsociety.ie, flac.ie, isme.ie, ibec.ie, samaritans.org, legal-island.com, mrci.ie, nerinstitute.net, citizensinformationboard.ie
Law-firm commentary
aocsolicitors.ie, mhc.ie, mccannfitzgerald.com, arthurcox.com, williamfry.com, algoodbody.com, lewissilkin.com, beale-law.com, lavellepartners.ie, rdj.ie, lockton.com, maples.com, littler.com, kodlyons.ie

Helplines and directories

  • WRC Infoline 0818 80 80 90, checked 2026-10-13.
  • ICTU’s union directory, checked 2026-10-13.
  • Mental-health lines (Samaritans, HSE: Your Mental Health, Health and Safety Authority), checked 2026-10-13.

Information, not legal advice. Where a page and the Act differ, the Act is right. Corrections to hello@employmentwise.ie with the page and the source. Last verified 2026-10-13. EmploymentWise is an independent site, not affiliated with the Workplace Relations Commission, the Labour Court, the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment, the Department of Social Protection, Revenue or any trade union. It covers the Republic of Ireland only. For decisions about your own situation, speak to your union or a solicitor regulated by the Law Society of Ireland.