Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023
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Number 8 of 2023 | ||
Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023 | ||
CONTENTS | ||
Preliminary and General | ||
Section | ||
Amendment of Parental Leave Act 1998 | ||
13. Decision under section 41 or 44 of Act of 2015 in relation to dispute under Part IIA | ||
Requests for remote working arrangements | ||
17. Voidance or modification of certain provisions in agreements | ||
21. Obligation on employer to consider request under section 20 | ||
22. Termination in certain circumstances of remote working arrangement | ||
Code of practice | ||
Amendment of other acts | ||
39. Amendment of Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014 | ||
Acts Referred to | ||
Adoption Act 2010 (No. 21) | ||
Adoptive Leave Act 1995 (No. 2) | ||
Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 (No. 24) | ||
Civil Service Regulation Act 1956 (No. 46) | ||
Domestic Violence Act 2018 (No. 6) | ||
Employment Agency Act 1971 (No. 27) | ||
Freedom of Information Act 2014 (No. 30) | ||
Human Rights Commission Act 2000 (No. 9) | ||
Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014 (No. 25) | ||
Local Government Act 2001 (No. 37) | ||
Local Government Reform Act 2014 (No. 1) | ||
Maternity Protection Act 1994 (No. 34) | ||
Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (No. 25) | ||
National Minimum Wage Act 2000 (No. 5) | ||
Parental Leave Act 1998 (No. 30) | ||
Parental Leave Acts 1998 to 2019 | ||
Redundancy Payments Act 1967 (No. 21) | ||
Unfair Dismissals Act 1977 (No. 10) | ||
Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977 to 2015 | ||
Workplace Relations Act 2015 (No. 16) | ||
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Number 8 of 2023 | ||
WORK LIFE BALANCE AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS ACT 2023 | ||
An Act to give further effect to Directive (EU) 2019/1158 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 20191 on work-life balance for parents and carers and repealing Council Directive 2010/18/EU and, for that purpose and other purposes, to amend the Parental Leave Act 1998 to provide for the entitlement of certain employees to leave for medical care purposes and domestic violence leave and to request flexible working arrangements for caring purposes; to provide for the entitlement of employees to request remote working arrangements; and for those and other purposes to amend the Redundancy Payments Act 1967 , the Unfair Dismissals Act 1977 , the Maternity Protection Act 1994 , the Adoptive Leave Act 1995 , the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 , the National Minimum Wage Act 2000 , the Adoption Act 2010 , the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014 , the Workplace Relations Act 2015 and the Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022 ; and to provide for related matters. | ||
[4th April , 2023] | ||
Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows: | ||