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Maternity Protection, Employment Equality and Preservation of Certain Records Bill 2024
- Sponsor
- Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Introduced
- 1 Oct 2024
- Last updated
- 4 Nov 2024
What this bill doesAI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Allows employees with serious physical or mental health conditions to postpone maternity leave for 5-52 weeks, with medical certification and 2-week employer notice required.
- Entitles members of Houses of the Oireachtas to 26 weeks maternity leave, formally called maternity leave for members, when properly notified.
- Amends Maternity Protection Act 1994 and Employment Equality Act 1998; includes provisions for preserving certain institutional records in public interest.
Stage timelineWhat do these stages mean?
- First Stage26th Seanad1 Oct 2024
- Committee Stage26th Seanad9 Oct 2024
- Report Stage26th Seanad9 Oct 2024
- Fifth Stage26th Seanad9 Oct 2024
- Second Stage26th Seanad9 Oct 2024
- Committee Stage33rd Dáil23 Oct 2024
- Report Stage33rd Dáil23 Oct 2024
- Fifth Stage33rd Dáil23 Oct 2024
- Cream List26th Seanad24 Oct 2024
- Enacted28 Oct 2024
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