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Organisation of Working Time (Reproductive Health Related Leave) Bill 2021
- Sponsor
- Ivana Bacik · Labour Party
- Introduced
- 22 Mar 2021
- Last updated
- 2 May 2025
What this bill does AI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Employees get paid leave following miscarriage or to access reproductive healthcare services.
- Amends 1997 Working Time Act; adds unfair dismissal protection for taking this leave.
- Prevents employers firing or penalizing staff for miscarriage-related absence or medical appointments.
Stage timeline What do these stages mean?
- First Stage 26th Seanad22 Mar 2021
- Second Stage 26th Seanad22 Mar 2021
- Committee Stage 26th Seanad24 May 2021
- Report Stage 26th Seanad29 Nov 2023
- Fifth Stage 26th Seanad29 Nov 2023
- Committee Stage 34th Dáil1 May 2025
Debates
Related bills
- Organisation of Working Time (Leave for Health Screening Purposes) Bill 2025 Second Stage
- Health (Postponement of Certain Leave) Bill 2024 Second Stage
- Organisation of Working Time (Workers' Rights and Bogus Self-Employment) (Amendment) Bill 2021 First Stage
- Personal Protective Equipment (Covid-19) Bill 2022 First Stage
- Workplace Ventilation (Covid-19) Bill 2021 Second Stage
- Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022 Enacted