The Department of Enterprise has confirmed that it has received a proposed collective redundancy notification from online furniture retailer Wayfair.
The company and the department have declined to comment on the numbers of jobs at risk.
It is understood however that between 50 and 100 roles could be under threat.
Wayfair employs around 600 people in Ireland, having announced in 2018 that it was adding 200 additional employees to its existing workforce of 400 in Galway, where it has had its European headquarters since 2009.
Some of its staff here work remotely and are therefore spread around the country.
Under employment law, employers must inform the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment if they plan to make 30 or more employees redundant over a 30-day period in a company employing 300 or more people.
A spokesperson for the department confirmed a notification was received on Friday, the same day the company announced global cuts, but said queries related to the specifics of it should be directed to the company.
A spokesperson for Wayfair declined to comment on how many people's jobs were under threat.
"Unfortunately, we cannot share a breakdown of impacts by region. All of our geographies with corporate employees were impacted," the spokesperson said.
However, RTÉ News understands that some staff were informed on Friday that their jobs are at risk and that a 30-day consultation period, required by law, is to get underway.
Employees were told that the changes were largely aimed at reducing management layers, right-sizing in certain places and reorganising to become more efficient and agile.
On Friday, Wayfair said that it plans to cut 1,750 workers globally or around 10% of its workforce, with 1,200 of those corporate employees.
"In hindsight, similar to our technology peers, we scaled our spend too quickly over the last few years," said Niraj Shah, CEO, co-founder, and co-chairman of Wayfair in that statement.
"The good news for Wayfair is that we have operated in a highly productive and efficient way for the vast majority of our 20-year history, and we are now simply returning to that."
It comes after the company announced in August of last year that it was planning to reduce its workforce globally by 870.
At the end of December, it employed 16,681 full-time equivalents.
Wayfair is among several global tech firms to announce cuts to their workforces in recent days.
Last week, Alphabet and Microsoft said they planned to reduce the numbers they employ.
