Enacted 10/2025

Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Bill 2025

Employment Finance & Tax Social Welfare

Introduced: 1 Apr 2025
Last updated: 23 Dec 2025

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Employees can notify employers they don't consent to retire at contractual retirement age and cannot be penalized for doing so.
Employers cannot enforce retirement before pensionable age unless justified by legitimate business aim with appropriate, necessary means.
Amends Workplace Relations Act 2015 to protect employees refusing contractual retirement ages and establish legal framework for employer justification.

Stage timeline

First Stage 34th Dáil

1 Apr 2025
Second Stage 34th Dáil

8 Apr 2025
Committee Stage 34th Dáil

8 Apr 2025
Report Stage 34th Dáil

2 Jul 2025
Fifth Stage 34th Dáil

5 Nov 2025
Committee Stage 27th Seanad

25 Nov 2025
Second Stage 27th Seanad

10 Dec 2025
Report Stage 27th Seanad

10 Dec 2025
Fifth Stage 27th Seanad

10 Dec 2025
Enacted

16 Dec 2025