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Tánaiste was not notified of job losses at Twitter or Stripe

Tech firms said they were making widespread job cuts in a bid to trim costs, but by law the Minister for Enterprise must be told if a company is seeking to lay off more than 30 people within a 30-day period

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar: under Irish legislation, the Minister for Enterprise must be notified if a company looks to make more than 30 people redundant within a 30-day period

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar was not notified of job losses at either Twitter or Stripe in advance of redundancies being announced at the firms, the Business Post has learned.

Under Irish legislation, the Minister for Enterprise must be notified if a company looks to make more than 30 people redundant within a 30-day period. A spokeswoman for the Tánaiste said Varadkar, the relevant minister, had not been notified of any job cuts at the two companies ...