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Version status: In force | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Published date: 8 July 1998

Parental Leave Act, 1998 (No. 30)

Consolidation Status: Updated to reflect all known changes
The Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022 was signed into law on the 4th April 2023; it still requires commencement
Marked-up copies of text incorporating provisions of the Bill are still available for Parental Leave Act, 1998
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Introductory Text
Acts Referred to
Part I Preliminary and General (ss. 1-5)
In force
 1. Short title and commencement.
In force
⚠ 2. Interpretation.
In force
 3. Regulations.
In force
 4. Voidance or modification of certain provisions in agreements.
In force
 5. Expenses.
Part II Parental Leave and Force Majeure Leave (ss. 6-13AA)
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 6. Entitlement to parental leave.
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 7. Manner in which parental leave may be taken.
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 8. Notice of parental leave.
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 9. Confirmation of parental leave.
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 10. Postponement, curtailment and variation of parental leave by parties concerned.
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 11. Postponement by employer of parental leave.
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 12. Abuse of parental leave.
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 13. Leave on grounds of force majeure.
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 13A. Leave for medical care purposes.
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 13AA. Domestic violence leave.
Part IIA Requests for flexible working arrangements for caring purposes (ss. 13B-13H)
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 13B. Right to request a flexible working arrangement for caring purposes.
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 13C. Obligation on employer to consider request under section 13B.
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 13D. Changes to flexible working arrangements.
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 13E. Termination in certain circumstances of flexible working arrangement.
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 13F. Early return to previous working arrangement.
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 13G. Abuse of flexible working arrangement.
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 13H. Review of Part.
Part III Employment Rights (ss. 14-16A)
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 14. Protection of employment rights.
In force
 15. Return to work.
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 15A. Right to request changes when returning from parental leave.
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 16A. Protection of employees from penalisation.
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 16. Right to alternative employment.
Part IV Resolution of Disputes (ss. 17-22)
Repealed
 17. "Dispute".
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 18. Reference of disputes to rights commissioner.
Repealed
 19. Appeal from decision of rights commissioner.
Repealed
 20. Appeal to High Court on point of law.
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 21. Decision under section 41 or 44 of Workplace Relations Act 2015.
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 21A. Decision under section 41 or 44 of Act of 2015 in relation to dispute under Part IIA.
Repealed
 22. Enforcement of decisions of rights commissioner and determinations of Tribunal.
Part V Miscellaneous (ss. 22A-28)
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 22A. Codes of practice.
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 23. Notices.
Repealed
 24. Winding up and bankruptcy.
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 25. Amendment of enactments.
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 26. Extension of Protection of Employees (Employers' Insolvency) Act, 1984.
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 27. Records.
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 28. Review of Act.
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