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Parental Bereavement Leave (Amendment) Bill 2019
- Sponsor
- Anne Rabbitte · Fianna Fáil
- Introduced
- 26 Mar 2019
- Last updated
- 13 Feb 2020
What this bill does AI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Amends Parental Leave Acts 1998 and 2006 to create new bereavement leave entitlement for employees whose child dies.
- Employees entitled to minimum 10 working days bereavement leave, taken within 42 days of child's death; applies to children under 18 and stillborn children after 24 weeks.
- Bereavement leave does not affect other employment rights or entitlements; treated as separate leave category.
Stage timeline What do these stages mean?
- First Stage 32nd Dáil26 Mar 2019
Debates
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