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Paternity Leave and Benefit Act 2016 (No. 11)Introductory TextActs Referred toPart 1 Preliminary and general (ss. 1-5)1. Short title and commencement2. Interpretation3. Regulations4. Voidance or modification of certain provisions in agreements5. ExpensesPart 2 Paternity Leave (ss. 6-17)6. Entitlement to paternity leave7. Notification to employer8. Allocation of paternity leave9. Commencement of paternity leave (early confinement)10. Postponement of paternity leave11. Postponement of paternity leave in event of sickness of relevant parent12. Postponement of paternity leave in event of hospitalisation of child13. Relevant parent to whom section 16 of Act of 1994 applies14. Relevant parent to whom section 9 of Act of 1995 applies15. Entitlement of employed surviving parent to leave on death of relevant parent16. Abuse of paternity leave17. Maintenance of recordsPart 3 Employment protection (ss. 18-26)18. Interpretation (Part 3)19. Preservation or suspension of rights while on paternity leave20. Voidance of certain purported terminations of employment, etc.21. Extension of certain notices of termination of employment or of certain suspensions22. Protection of employees from penalisation23. General right to return to work on expiry of paternity leave24. Notification of intention to return to work25. Postponement of return to work26. Provisions applying where employee not permitted to return to workPart 4 Resolution of disputes (ss. 27-29)27. Disputes regarding entitlements under Act28. Decision under section 41 or 44 of Act of 201529. Burden of proofPart 5 Paternity benefit (ss. 30-31)30. Amendment of section 39 of Act of 200531. Paternity benefitPart 6 Miscellaneous (ss. 32-37)32. Amendment of Schedule 3 to Redundancy Payments Act 196733. Amendment of section 6 of Act of 197734. Amendment of Act of 199435. Amendment of Act of 199536. Amendment of section 126 of Taxes Consolidation Act 199737. Amendment of Act of 2015
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Version status: | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Version date: 27 July 2016 - onwards

Introductory Text

Number 11 of 2016

An Act to entitle certain employees who are relevant parents in relation to a child to employment leave for the purposes of enabling the employee to provide, or assist in the provision of, care to the child or to provide support to the relevant adopting parent or mother of the child, as the case may be, or both; to entitle a surviving parent to employment leave on the death of a relevant parent; to extend the protection against unfair dismissals conferred by the Unfair Dismissals Act 1977; to provide for the payment of paternity benefit to certain persons and, for that purpose, to amend the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005; and to provide for related matters.

[27th July, 2016]

Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows:

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