28.—The Organisation of Working Time Act, 1997, is amended—

(a) in section 15, by the substitution in subsection (4), for paragraph (aa) (inserted by the Parental Leave Act, 1998) of the following paragraph:

“(aa) any period during which the employee was absent from work while on parental leave, force majeure leave or carer’s leave within the meaning of the Carer’s Leave Act, 2001,”,

and

(b) in section 16, by the substitution in subsection (5), for paragraph (cc) (inserted by the Parental Leave Act, 1998) of the following paragraph:

“(cc) any period during which the employee was absent from work while on parental leave, force majeure leave or carer’s leave within the meaning of the Carer’s Leave Act, 2001.”.