Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023

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Amendment of Workplace Relations Act 2015

40. The Workplace Relations Act 2015 is amended—

(a) in section 2, by the insertion of the following definitions:

“‘expectant father’ has the same meaning as it has in the Act of 1994;

‘other parent’ has the same meaning as it has in the Act of 1994;”,

(b) in section 41(7)—

(i) by the substitution in paragraph (c)(iii) of “father or other parent” for “father”,

(ii) by the substitution in paragraph (g) of “the occurrence of the dispute,” for “the occurrence of the dispute, and”,

(iii) by the substitution in paragraph (h) of “the occurrence of the dispute, and” for “the occurrence of the dispute.”, and

(iv) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (h):

“(i) in the case of a dispute relating to the entitlement of an employee or the obligation of the employer, as the case may be, under Part 3 of the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023, it has been referred to the Director General after the expiration of the period of 6 months beginning on the day immediately following the date of the occurrence of the dispute.”,

(c) in Schedule 1, by the insertion in Part 2 of the following paragraph after paragraph 19:

“20. Part 3 of the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023”,

(d) in Schedule 5 by the insertion in Part 3 of the following paragraph after paragraph 8:

“9. Part 3 of the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023.”,

and

(e) in Schedule 6—

(i) by the insertion in Part 1 of the following paragraphs after paragraph 38:

“39. Section 21A of the Parental Leave Act 1998

40. Section 27 of the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023”,

and

(ii) by the insertion in Part 2 of the following paragraphs after paragraph 38:

“39. Section 21A of the Parental Leave Act 1998

40. Section 27 of the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023”.