Protection of Employees (Employers' Insolvency) (Amendment) Bill 2025

The Bill will make changes to the Insolvency Payments Scheme, which protects employees’ pay-related entitlements if their employer becomes insolvent.

The Bill will:

• expand access to the Insolvency Payments Scheme to protect employees of employers who cease trading without entering into liquidation, receivership or bankruptcy;
• provide access to the scheme to employees with historical claims which arose in the period from October 1983 up to the commencement of the Bill;
• expand access to the Insolvency Payments Scheme to include employees of sole trader employers who enter into insolvency arrangements;
• provide a legislative basis to apply the statutory salary ceiling, currently €600 per week, to all payments from the Insolvency Payments Scheme; and
• amend the Employment Equality Act 1998 to ensure Circuit Court awards for gender discrimination are covered by the Insolvency Payments Scheme

The General Scheme of the Protection of Employees (Employers’ Insolvency) (Amendment) Bill 2024