Bite Size HR: Call For Fathers to Share In Maternity Leave
Posted: July 11, 2013 Filed under: Bite Size HR | Tags: fianna fail, Government, journal.ie, mary white, Maternity leave, parental leave, Seanad Leave a comment
As reported on the Journal yesterday the Government debated a bill proposed by Fianna Fáil Senator Mary White, which would allow the father of a newborn baby to share in the 26 weeks maternity leave currently given to women under Irish law. Under the bill, titled the ‘Parental Leave Bill 2013,’ a woman would be allowed to transfer a portion of her maternity leave and benefits to the father of the child.
Under current law, only parents who work for the same company can request to share their leave. During the Seanad debate, Senator White said that the responsibility for child rearing in Ireland rests “almost entirely with women” and that the proposed legislation would offer fathers a “more hands-on opportunity” after the birth of a child. The bill is part of a Fianna Fáil strategy aimed at promoting women entrepreneurs in an effort to create jobs.
Flexibility in the parental leave system would allow women to devote more time to their enterprises while knowing that their partner could be at home with the newborn child, White said.
Agency Workers Directive Update
Posted: May 2, 2012 Filed under: Employer Policies, Legislative Update | Tags: Agency Workers Directive, Comparable Employees, Comparator, Employment Law Ireland, Legislative Update, Protection of Employees, Seanad, Temporary Agency Work 1 Comment
Last Friday, 27th April 2012, the Seanad debated the Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011.
Amendments that were proposed by Minister Richard Bruton (Minister for Jobs Enterprise and Innovation) were accepted in this meeting from the Seanad, and the Bill will now make its way through the Dail and is due to be with the President Michael D. Higgins on the 9th of May.
The President has 7 days to sign it off into Legislation and subject to there being no objections or further amendments it is envisaged that the legislation will be passed around the middle of May.
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