Breaks in employment

Many people who have given up work, for example to raise a family, re-enter the workforce in later years and join a pension scheme at that stage...

Under the Maternity Protection Acts, you may be entitled to statutory minimum maternity leave of 26 weeks with an additional 16 weeks unpaid...

Under the Adoptive Leave Acts you may be entitled to 24 weeks adoptive leave, with an additional 16 weeks unpaid if you are adopting a child...

The Parental Leave Acts may entitle an employee to 26 weeks unpaid leave to care for a child under the age of 12 years ...

The Parent’s Leave and Benefit Act 2019 entitles each parent to seven weeks’ leave during the first two years of a child’s life (or within two years of first placement in the case of adoption)...

The Paternity Leave and Benefit Act 2016 entitles a new parent (employed or self-employed) to two weeks paternity leave within the first six months after a birth (or within six months of first placement in the case of adoption)...

The Carer’s Leave Act 2001, entitles an employee to avail of unpaid leave to provide full-time care and attention for a person who is in need of such care...