Have you updated your Parental Leave Policy to include Domestic Violence Leave? You don't need to look further, your partners in Compliance, Quality and Sustainability, Canavan Byrne have it all in hand! We provide you with the necessary information that can be used to update your Parental Leave Policy. We want to make it easy for you, so all you have to do is copy the below paragraph and insert it in your Staff Handbook under the Parental Leave Policy.
Domestic violence leave is provided under a new section 13AA in the Parental Leave Acts 1998 to 2023 (“Parental Leave Acts”), inserted by the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023.
Employees will be entitled to up to five days paid leave in a 12-month period. There is no mandatory service requirement to avail of the leave.
An employee will not be obliged to provide any supporting information to an employer when requesting domestic violence leave.
Domestic violence leave is provided under a new section 13AA in the Parental Leave Acts 1998 to 2023 (“Parental Leave Acts”), inserted by the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023.
Employees will be entitled to up to five days paid leave in a 12-month period. There is no mandatory service requirement to avail of the leave.
An employee will not be obliged to provide any supporting information to an employer when requesting domestic violence leave.
Under the Parental Leave Acts, an employee is obliged to give notice of domestic violence leave as soon as reasonably practicable after taking it.
All records pertaining to Domestic Violence Leave must be securely stored, kept confidential, and retained only as necessary. Any employee who receives disclosures, whether initially or as part of risk management, must maintain confidentiality. Where an unauthorised disclosure takes place, it the disciplinary procedure may be invoked.
All records pertaining to Domestic Violence Leave must be securely stored, kept confidential, and retained only as necessary. Any employee who receives disclosures, whether initially or as part of risk management, must maintain confidentiality. Where an unauthorised disclosure takes place, it the disciplinary procedure may be invoked.
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