The European Union (Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions) Regulations 2022 (the “Regulations”) were quietly signed into law on 16^th December 2022. Despite the complete lack of fanfare, the Regulations contain a number of important changes which employers need to be aware of and need to start addressing immediately. Some of the key changes are outlined below.

Terms and Conditions of Employment

The Regulations reduce the timeframe in which employers are required to provide employees with a written statement of their terms and conditions of employment from two months to one month.

They also increase the amount of information that employers are required to provide to employees within five days of commencement of employment. The Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2018 introduced a requirement for employers to provide employees with a statement of certain core terms and conditions of employment within five days of their commencement date. The Regulations  expand upon the information which is now required to be given within five days, most of which was previously included as part of the written statement of employment required to be provided to employees within two months of the commencement of their employment. The following additional information must now be provided within five days of an employee’s commencement date:

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