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IMPACT – HIGH
What is the change? Ireland’s president has signed into law the Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014 – a legislative reform of work permit categories and criteria.
What does the change mean? The law creates nine new Employment Permit categories and broadens the list of eligible occupations.
Background: The law broadens the list of eligible occupations and high-skilled occupations, codifies the Irish immigration system and provides new legislation.
The nine Employment Permit (EP) categories are:
The Critical Skills category aims to attract applicants in the technology and engineering fields and provides them exemption from labor market testing. Labor market testing will continue to be required of applicants in the General and Contract for Service EP categories.
BAL Analysis: The new categories, which are now codified, will greatly clarify the rules and processes for employers.
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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