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IMPACT – MEDIUM
What is the change? On April 23, Ireland published the Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014 that will widen its employment permit legislation.
What does the change mean? The law, when enacted, will put all categories of employment permits on a legislative footing, broaden eligibility for highly-skilled occupations, and reduce processing times. The law will make labor market testing mandatory for work permit applications, aside from IDA clients.
Background: In an effort to make Ireland the “Internet capital of Europe,” the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD, published the Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill.
“The legislation … will make a major contribution to the overall reforms we are delivering in the employment permits area. It codifies and clarifies the law in this area to make the system more transparent and obligations clearer to businesses and other stakeholders,” said Bruton in a statement.
Ireland’s employment permit laws have not been amended since 2006.
The bill legislates for nine categories of employment permits:
The law will also strengthen criteria for obtaining employment permits by:
BAL Analysis: BAL welcomes that this legislation now puts many of the employment permits on a statutory footing. It also supports startup companies in Ireland and will be enormously helpful to employers by offering definitions which previously did not exist.
This alert has been provided by the BAL Global Practice group in the United Kingdom. For additional information, please contact uk@bal.com.
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