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Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022
- Sponsor
- Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Introduced
- 5 Oct 2022
- Last updated
- 11 Sep 2024
What this bill doesAI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Employees get five days' leave for medical care of relatives or household members needing significant care, without prior notice required.
- Employees can request flexible working arrangements for caring purposes; employers must respond within timeframe with limited grounds for refusal.
- Maternity protection extended to two years for breastfeeding breaks and to transgender males with gender recognition certificates who become pregnant.
Stage timelineWhat do these stages mean?
- First Stage33rd Dáil5 Oct 2022
- Second Stage33rd Dáil12 Oct 2022
- Committee Stage33rd Dáil13 Oct 2022
- Second Stage26th Seanad7 Dec 2022
- Report Stage33rd Dáil7 Dec 2022
- Fifth Stage33rd Dáil7 Dec 2022
- Committee Stage26th Seanad14 Dec 2022
- Report Stage26th Seanad15 Feb 2023
- Fifth Stage26th Seanad1 Mar 2023
- Enacted4 Apr 2023
- Cream List33rd Dáil29 Apr 2023
Debates
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