Carer's Leave Act, 2001
Confirmation of carer's leave. |
10.—(1) Where an employee has given his or her employer the decision referred to in section 6 (1)(b), the employee and the employer shall, on a date that is not less than 2 weeks before the proposed commencement of the carer's leave concerned, prepare and sign a document (referred to in this Act as a “confirmation document”) specifying the date of the commencement of the carer's leave, its duration and the form in which it will be taken. | |
(2) Subsection (1) shall apply to the taking of carer's leave in accordance with section 9 (4) and the employee and the employer shall prepare and sign the confirmation document as soon as may be. | ||
(3) An employer shall retain a confirmation document signed by him or her and shall give a copy of it to the employee concerned who shall retain it. | ||
(4) A confirmation document, including any amendments to it made under section 12 (1), shall be a notice for the purposes of section 31 . |