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Parent’s Leave and Benefit Act 2019 (No. 35)Introductory TextActs Referred toPart 1 Preliminary and General (ss. 1-4)1. Short title and commencement2. Interpretation3. Voidance or modification of certain provisions in agreements4. ExpensesPart 2 Parent's Leave (ss. 5-16)5. Entitlement to parent's leave6. Notification to employer7. Allocation of parent's leave8. Commencement of parent's leave where relevant parent entitled to maternity leave9. Commencement of parent's leave where relevant parent entitled to adoptive leave under section 6(1) of Act of 199510. Commencement of parent's leave for a relevant parent entitled to paternity leave11. Commencement of parent's leave (early confinement)12. Commencement of parent's leave (change in day of placement or date of confinement)13. Postponement of parent's leave by employer14. Postponement of parent's leave in event of hospitalisation of child15. Entitlement to parent's leave on death of child16. Entitlement of employed surviving parent to leave on death of relevant parentPart 3 Employment protection (ss. 17-22)17. Interpretation (Part 3)18. Preservation or suspension of rights while on parent's leave19. Protection of employees from penalisation20. General right to return to work on expiration of parent's leave21. Postponement of return to work22. Provisions applying where employee not permitted to return to workPart 4 Resolution of disputes (ss. 23-25)23. Disputes regarding entitlements under Act24. Decision under section 41 or 44 of Act of 201525. Burden of proofPart 5 Parent's benefit (ss. 26-32)26. Amendment of section 21 of Act of 200527. Amendment of section 39 of Act of 200528. Amendment of section 58 of Act of 200529. Parent's benefit30. Amendment of section 238B of Act of 200531. Amendment of section 241 of Act of 200532. Amendment of section 248 of Act of 2005Part 6 Miscellaneous (ss. 33-38)33. Amendment of Schedule 3 to Redundancy Payments Act 196734. Amendment of section 6 of Act of 197735. Amendment of Act of 199436. Amendment of Act of 199537. Amendment of section 126 of Taxes Consolidation Act 199738. Amendment of Act of 2015
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AI Summary of 5. Entitlement to parent's leave

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Version status: In force | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Version date: 1 August 2024 - onwards
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5. Entitlement to parent's leave

(1) Subject to this Part, an employee who is a relevant parent in relation to a child shall be entitled to leave from his or her employment for a period of 9 weeks, to be known (and referred to in this Act) as "parent's leave", to enable him or her to provide, or assist in the provision of, care to the child.

(2) Other than where section 14 applies, the period of leave referred to in subsection (1) may comprise -

(a) a continuous period, or

(b) periods each consisting of not less than one week.

(3) A person who is a relevant parent in more than one capacity in respect of a child shall not be entitled to parent's leave in more than one such capacity in respect of the child.

(4) Subject to section 16, where 2 or more relevant parents in relation to a child are entitled to parent's leave in respect of the child, none of the parents shall be entitled -

(a) to the parent's leave of any other parent in respect of the child, or

(b) to transfer any part of the period of his or her parent's leave to any other parent in respect of the child.

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