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Version status: Partly in force | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Published date: 15 March 1995

Adoptive Leave Act, 1995 (No. 2)

Consolidation Status: Updated to reflect all known changes
The Parent's Leave and Benefit Bill 2019 was signed into law on the 24th October 2019; it still requires commencement of section 36(b)
Marked-up copies of text incorporating provisions of the Bill are still available for Adoptive Leave Act, 1995
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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. Orders and regulations.
In force
 4. Voidance or modification of certain provisions in agreements.
In force
 5. Expenses.
Part II Adoptive Leave (ss. 6-14)
In force
 6. Entitlement of employed adopting mother (or sole male adopter) to minimum period of adoptive leave.
Not yet in force
⚠ 6A. Restrictions on entitlement to adoptive leave
In force
 7. Notification of employer.
In force
 8. Entitlement of employed adopting mother (or sole male adopter) to additional adoptive leave.
In force
 9. Entitlement of adopting father to adoptive leave in certain circumstances.
In force
 10. Entitlement of adopting father to additional adoptive leave in certain circumstances.
In force
 11. Entitlement of adopting father to additional adoptive leave before day of placement in certain circumstances.
In force
 11A. Time off to attend certain pre-adoption classes and meetings.
In force
 11B. Termination of additional adoptive leave on sickness of adopting parent.
In force
 11C. Postponement of leave on hospitalisation of child.
In force
 11D. Absence from work owing to sickness while leave postponed.
In force
 12. Placements of less than fourteen weeks duration.
In force
 13. Certificate of placement to be issued.
In force
 14. Evidence as to certificate of placement.
Part III Provisions Relating to Employment Contracts (ss. 15-21)
In force
 15. Preservation or suspension of certain rights, etc., while on adoptive leave.
In force
 16. Voidance of certain purported terminations of employment, etc.
In force
 17. Extension of certain notices of termination of employment and certain suspensions.
In force
 18. General right to return to work after adoptive leave or additional adoptive leave.
In force
 19. Right to suitable alternative employment in certain circumstances on return to work.
In force
 20. Notification of intention to return to work.
In force
 21. Postponement of return to work.
Part IV Amendment or Application of Other Enactments (ss. 22-30)
Unfair Dismissals Act, 1977 (ss. 22-26)
In force
 22. Amendment of section 1 of Act of 1977.
In force
 23. Amendment of section 2(2) of Act of 1977.
In force
 24. Amendment of section 6(2) of Act of 1977.
In force
 25. Amendment of section 6 of Act of 1977.
In force
 26. Adopting parent not permitted to return to work.
Redundancy Payments Act, 1967 (ss. 27-29)
In force
 27. Amendment of section 2 of Act of 1967.
In force
 28. Amendment of Schedule 3 to Redundancy Payments Act 1967.
In force
 29. Adopting parent not permitted to return to work.
Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Act, 1973 (s. 30)
In force
 30. Adopting parent not permitted to return to work.
Part V Disputes Relating to Entitlement (ss. 31-40)
In force
 31. Definition.
In force
 32. Disputes regarding entitlement under this Act.
In force
 33. Decision under section 41 or 44 of Workplace Relations Act 2015.
Repealed
 34. Referral of disputes to rights commissioner.
Repealed
 35. Appeal from decision of rights commissioner.
Repealed
 36. Appeal to High Court on point of law.
Repealed
 37. Service of documents.
Repealed
 38. Provisions relating to winding up and bankruptcy.
Repealed
 39. Enforcement of decision of rights commissioner and determination of Tribunal.
Repealed
 40. Extension of Protection of Employees (Employers' Insolvency) Act, 1984.
Part VI Miscellaneous and Transitional Provisions (ss. 41-45)
In force
 41. Alternative notification procedure.
In force
 42. Right to adoptive leave where child placed before commencement of Act.
In force
 43. Right to additional adoptive leave where child placed before commencement of Act.
In force
 44. Notification of intention to return to work in respect of leave taken under sections 42 and 43.
In force
 45. Revocation.
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