1 - Short Title and commencement 2 - Interpretation 2A - Interpretation: multiple employments 2B - Interpretation: multiple births or adoptions 3 - Act to bind the Crown 4 - Application of this Act to employees who have non-statutory rights to parental leave 5 - Restriction on parental leave under this Act where employee or employee's spouse takes parental leave under any other provision 6 - Restriction on taking of parental leave within 12 months of end of previous period of parental leave in respect of another child
7 - Entitlement of female employee to maternity leave 8 - Entitlement of adoptive mother to maternity leave 9 - Duration of maternity leave 10 - Date of commencement of maternity leave 11 - Right of employee to determine date of commencement of maternity leave 12 - Right of employer and employee to determine date of commencement of maternity leave by agreement 13 - Right of medical practitioner or midwife to determine date of commencement of maternity leave 14 - Right of employer to appoint date of commencement of maternity leave 15 - Special leave 16 - Ability to perform work
17 - Entitlement of employee to partner's or paternity leave 18 - Entitlement of other adoptive parent to partner's or paternity leave 19 - Duration of partner's or paternity leave 20 - Date of commencement of partner's or paternity leave 21 - Right of employee to determine date of commencement of partner's or paternity leave 22 - Right of employer and employee to determine date of commencement of partner's or paternity leave by agreement
23 - Entitlement of employee to extended leave 24 - Entitlement of adoptive parent to extended leave 25 - Restriction where two or more children born or adopted at one time - Repealed 26 - Duration of extended leave 27 - Extended leave to be shared between parents 28 - Extended leave may be taken consecutively or concurrently with any leave taken by other parent 29 - Date of commencement of extended leave 30 - Termination of extended leave
31 - Obligation to notify employer 32 - Requirements where extended leave sought 33 - Requirements where child to be adopted 34 - Incomplete notification 35 - Failure to notify employer 36 - Obligation to notify employee 37 - Requirement where female employee wishes to commence maternity leave early 38 - Employer's notice in relation to return to work and preference for appointment 39 - Employee's notice in relation to return to work 39A - Succession to employee's entitlements
40 - Presumption that employee's position can be kept open in the case of first period of parental leave not exceeding 4 weeks 41 - Presumption that employee's position can be kept open in the case of other periods of parental leave 42 - Employer's obligations in respect of remuneration and holiday pay 43 - Continuity of employment 44 - Contributions to superannuation schemes 45 - Early ending and extension of parental leave 46 - Failure to return to work 47 - Failure to accept employment 48 - Workers employed to replace employees on parental leave
49 - Dismissal by reason of pregnancy or parental leave prohibited 50 - Special defences relating to dismissal 51 - Special defences relating to dismissal during parental leave 52 - Special defence relating to dismissal during the 26 weeks following parental leave 53 - Redundancy payments not affected 54 - Dismissal for cause not affected
55 - Interim order 56 - Parental leave complaints 57 - Procedures for settlement of parental leave complaints 58 - Power to refer complaint to Employment Relations Authority 59 - Role of institutions 60-63 Repealed 64 - Duty to promote settlement 65 - Remedies 66 - Reinstatement 67 Repealed 68 - Non-compliance with formal requirements 69 Repealed 70 - Enforcement of judgments
Role of Labour Inspectors 70A - Role of Labour Inspectors 70B - Demand notice 70C - Objections to determination or demand notice 70D - Consequences of demand notice 70E - Authority to determine entitlement to parental leave on objection 70F - Withdrawal of demand notice 71 - Procedures available to State employees
Preliminary provisions 71A - Purpose 71B - Overview 71C - Interpretation of this Part
Entitlement to parental leave payment 71D - Entitlement to parental leave payment
Transfer of entitlement to spouse 71E - Entitlement may be transferred to spouse
Restrictions on parental leave payments 71F - Subsequent parental leave payments 71G - Parental tax credit 71H - Joint adoptions 71I - Applications for payment
Duration of parental leave payment 71J - Duration of parental leave payment 71K - Start of parental leave payment 71L - End of parental leave payment
Amount of parental leave payment 71M - Amount of parental leave payment 71N - Annual adjustment of maximum rates of parental leave payment 71O - Discretionary increases in payment amount by Order in Council 71P - Amount of payment not affected by other non-statutory entitlements
Administration 71Q - Payments must come out of public money 71R - Method of payment 71S - Backdating of payments 71T - Obligation of employer to notify employee of payment entitlements 71U - Obligation to notify early return to work etc 71V - Non-return to work does not affect payment 71W - Obligation to supply information 71X - Recovery of debts by department 71Y - Recovery of payments 71Z - Offence to mislead department 71ZA - Chief executive may delegate
72 - Contracting out: holiday pay while on parental leave 72A - Eligibility criteria based on average hours of work and allowing for periods of authorised leave 73 - Regulations 74 - Repeal 75 - Consequential amendments 76 - Transitional provisions 77 - Savings provisions Schedule - change of employer
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