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Parents Leave Increased to 9 weeks
Library of Knowledge No. 81
What is Parents Leave?
Parent’s leave entitles each parent to 9 weeks’ leave (increased from 7 weeks on 1st August 2024) during the first 2 years of a child’s life, or in the case of adoption, within 2 years of the placement of the child with the family.
The additional 2 weeks’ parent’s leave can be claimed if the child was under the age of 2 on 1st August 2024 or your adopted child had been placed with your family less than 2 years on 1st August 2024.
This extra leave must be taken on or before your child’s second birthday or within 2 years of the adoption placement.
The employee receives Parents Benefit from department of Social Protection of € 274 per week, where they have enough PRSI contributions.
Employers do not have to pay employee’s whilst on parent’s leave, although some employers may ‘top-up’.
At least 6 weeks written notice must be provided to the employer.
Leave can be for one continuous period of 9 weeks or separate periods of not less than one week.
Who can take parent’s leave? Who is a relevant parent?
A relevant parent is one of the following:
- A parent of the child
- A spouse, civil partner or cohabitant of the parent of the child
- A parent of a donor-conceived child as provided for under section 5 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015
- The adopting parent or parents of a child
- The civil partner or spouse of the child’s adopting parent (if the parents have not adopted jointly).
For further details see:
https://www.workplacerelations.ie/en/what_you_should_know/leave/parent-s-leave/
Where to apply:
