Facebook has assured the Government that it will follow all laws around redundancies when Irish job losses are announced, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has confirmed.
Meta, which is the parent company of Facebook, announced it will lay off 13% of its workforce - around 11,000 staff - on Wednesday. The firm currently has 3,000 employees in Ireland.
On his way into Cabinet on Wednesday morning, Mr Varadkar, who is the Minister for Enterprise, said that Meta has to inform its shareholders and employees before the Government.
