The Government has recently published its legislative programme for the Spring Session 2022. Read the press release here and the contents of the programme here.
Proposed legislation which may be of interest, all of which is on the Government’s priority list, includes the Right to Request Remote Work Bill and the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill, which is required to transpose EU obligations. Also on the priority list are the Sick Leave Bill and the Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill. The last three are some way advanced with heads of bill of each approved.
Readers may be aware that Public Policy in the Institute has made representations to the DETE about the Sick Leave Bill. The latest correspondence is available here.
Also on the agenda is another companies’ amendment bill. This is titled the Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill and is stated to provide for miscellaneous amendments to the Companies Act 2014.Others of possible interest are a Limited Partnership Bill to modernise the Limited Partnership Act 1907, a Cyber Security Bill and a Cybercrime Bill, a Personal Insolvency Amendment Bill and a Charities Amendment Bill.