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Number 11 of 2016
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PATERNITY LEAVE AND BENEFIT ACT 2016
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CONTENTS
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PART 1
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Preliminary and General
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Section
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1. Short title and commencement
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2. Interpretation
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3. Regulations
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4. Voidance or modification of certain provisions in agreements
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5. Expenses
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PART 2
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Paternity Leave
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6. Entitlement to paternity leave
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7. Notification to employer
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8. Allocation of paternity leave
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9. Commencement of paternity leave (early confinement)
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10. Postponement of paternity leave
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11. Postponement of paternity leave in event of sickness of relevant parent
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12. Postponement of paternity leave in event of hospitalisation of child
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13. Relevant parent to whom section 16 of Act of 1994 applies
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14. Relevant parent to whom section 9 of Act of 1995 applies
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15. Entitlement of employed surviving parent to leave on death of relevant parent
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16. Abuse of paternity leave
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17. Maintenance of records
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PART 3
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Employment Protection
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18. Interpretation (Part 3)
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19. Preservation or suspension of rights while on paternity leave
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20. Voidance of certain purported terminations of employment, etc.
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21. Extension of certain notices of termination of employment or of certain suspensions
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22. Protection of employees from penalisation
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23. General right to return to work on expiry of paternity leave
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24. Notification of intention to return to work
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25. Postponement of return to work
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26. Provisions applying where employee not permitted to return to work
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PART 4
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Resolution of Disputes
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27. Disputes regarding entitlements under Act
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28. Decision under section 41 or 44 of Act of 2015
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29. Burden of proof
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PART 5
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Paternity Benefit
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30. Amendment of section 39 of Act of 2005
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31. Paternity benefit
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PART 6
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Miscellaneous
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32. Amendment of Schedule 3 to Redundancy Payments Act 1967
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33. Amendment of section 6 of Act of 1977
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34. Amendment of Act of 1994
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35. Amendment of Act of 1995
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36. Amendment of section 126 of Taxes Consolidation Act 1997
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37. Amendment of Act of 2015
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Acts Referred to
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Adoption Act 2010
(No. 21)
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Adoptive Leave Act 1995
(No. 2)
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Children and Family Relationships Act 2015
(No. 9)
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Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010
(No. 24)
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Civil Registration Act 2004
(No. 3)
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Civil Service Regulation Act 1956
(No. 46)
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Employment Equality Act 1998
(No. 21)
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Industrial Relations Act 1946
(No. 26)
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Interpretation Act 2005
(No. 23)
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Local Government Act 2001
(No. 37)
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Maternity Protection Act 1994
(No. 34)
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Medical Practitioners Act 2007
(No. 25)
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Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Act 1973
(No. 4)
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Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act 1851
(14 & 15 Vict., c. 93)
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Protection of Employees (Fixed-Term Work) Act 2003
(No. 29)
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Protection of Employees (Part-Time Work) Act 2001
(No. 45)
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Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Act 2012
(No. 13)
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Redundancy Payments Act 1967
(No. 21)
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Redundancy Payments Acts 1967 to 2014
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Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005
(No. 26)
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Taxes Consolidation Act 1997
(No. 39)
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Unfair Dismissals Act 1977
(No. 10)
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Workplace Relations Act 2015
(No. 16)
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Number 11 of 2016
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PATERNITY LEAVE AND BENEFIT ACT 2016
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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.
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[27 th July, 2016]
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Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows:
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