Key elements relating to paid leave for victims of domestic abuse, the right to request flexible working arrangements for the purpose of caring for family members and the right to request remote working are hoped to be in place by the autumn.
“I think the breastfeeding breaks and the five days caring leave can come in early,” he said, adding that he hoped domestic violence leave would be made available by the end of the summer.Responding to complaints from Opposition TDs, who said the final legislation might have been better, Mr O’Gorman said he respected “the right of deputies to argue for more” but that Ireland was “joining a very small group of countries that have taken this important step”.
“A lot more countries had these even before Covid because they recognise that if they were going to keep more women, more mothers in the workforce, flexibility was going to be part of it. And there’s a recognition that it can be good for business as well that they’re not training people who then leave after five or six years when they start having children,” Ms Bambrick said.
Her firm has had, Ms Rush said, a high volume of inquiries from businesses seeking guidance on the new legislation with the remote working aspect an especially “hot topic”. Ms Rush believes there will be general support for the domestic abuse leave provisions and points to the fact that many employers, most commonly larger ones, have already introduced the sort of measures being legislated for.
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