Parental Leave Act 1998

Records.

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27.—F58[(1) An employer shall make a record of the parental leave, force majeure leave, leave for medical care purposes, domestic violence leave and approved flexible working arrangements taken by his or her employees showing the period of employment of each employee and the dates and times upon which each employee was on the leave or arrangement concerned.]

F59[(2) A record under this section shall be retained by the employer concerned—

(a) where the record is in respect of parental leave, for a period of F58[12 years,]

(b) where the record is in respect of force majeure leave, for a period of F58[8 years, and]

F60[(c) where the record is in respect of leave for medical care purposes, domestic violence leave or an approved flexible working arrangement, for a period of 3 years,]

in such form as the Minister may specify.]

(3) Notices, or copies of notices, required by this Act to be retained by a person shall be retained by the person for a period of one year.

(4) An employer who contravenes subsection (1) or F61[F58[paragraph (a), (b) or (c)] of subsection] (2) of this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £1,500.

(5) F62[…]

(6) Proceedings for an offence under this section may be brought and prosecuted by the Minister.

Annotations

Amendments:

F58

Inserted (3.07.2023) by Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023 (8/2023), s. 15(a), (b)(i), (ii), (c), S.I. No. 341 of 2023.

F59

Substituted (19.07.2019) by Parental Leave (Amendment) Act 2019 (11/2019), s. 7(a), S.I. No. 356 of 2019.

F60

Inserted (3.07.2023) by Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023 (8/2023), s. 15(b)(iii), S.I. No. 341 of 2023.

F61

Inserted (19.07.2019) by Parental Leave (Amendment) Act 2019 (11/2019), s. 7(b), S.I. No. 356 of 2019.

F62

Repealed (1.10.2015) by Workplace Relations Act 2015 (16/2015), s. 8(1) and sch. 2 part 1 ref. 11, S.I. No. 410 of 2015, subject to transitional provisions in subs. (2).

Editorial Notes

E38

A fine of £1,500 converted (1.01.1999) to €1,904.61. This translates into a class C fine, not greater than €2,500, as provided (4.01.2011) by Fines Act 2010 (8/2010), ss. 3, 6(2) and table ref. no. 1, S.I. No. 662 of 2010.