Part II Adoptive Leave (ss. 6-14)

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Adoptive Leave Act, 1995 (No. 2)
Part II Adoptive Leave (ss. 6-14)

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Version status: | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes

Version date: 15 March 1995 - onwards

		Future version	Amendment requiring commencement	Draft proposed change
	6. Entitlement of employed adopting mother (or sole male adopter) to minimum period of adoptive leave.
	6A. Restrictions on entitlement to adoptive leave
	7. Notification of employer.
	8. Entitlement of employed adopting mother (or sole male adopter) to additional adoptive leave.
	9. Entitlement of adopting father to adoptive leave in certain circumstances.
	10. Entitlement of adopting father to additional adoptive leave in certain circumstances.
	11. Entitlement of adopting father to additional adoptive leave before day of placement in certain circumstances.
	11A. Time off to attend certain pre-adoption classes and meetings.
	11B. Termination of additional adoptive leave on sickness of adopting parent.
	11C. Postponement of leave on hospitalisation of child.
	11D. Absence from work owing to sickness while leave postponed.
	12. Placements of less than fourteen weeks duration.
	13. Certificate of placement to be issued.
	14. Evidence as to certificate of placement.