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IRL-2016-L-104427
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Title_of_text
Paternity Leave and Benefit Act 2016 (No. 11 of 2016).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Ireland
Subjects (Classification)
Maternity protection
Adopted on (Date of text)
2016-07-27
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
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.
Amended Text region
Amended text(s)
1994 (IRL-1994-L-39360)
Maternity Protection Act, 1994 (No. 34 of 1994)
Amended text(s)
1995-03-15 (IRL-1995-L-40717)
Adoptive Leave Act, 1995 (No. 2 of 1995)
Amended text(s)
1967-12-18 (IRL-1967-L-72416)
Redundancy Payments Act, 1967 (No. 21 of 1967).
Amended text(s)
2005-11-27 (IRL-2005-L-74002)
Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 (Act Number 26 of 2005).
Amended text(s)
1977-04-06 (IRL-1977-L-76698)
Unfair Dismissals Act, 1977 (No. 10 of 1977).
Amended text(s)
2015-05-20 (IRL-2015-L-101382)
Workplace Relations Act 2015 (No. 16 of 2015).
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
Irish Statute Book, Ireland
URL
http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/
File
IRL104427.pdf (PDF)