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starts, paternity leave can be postponed until after you recover for illness. The employee must notify
their manager in writing and provide a medical certificate, for the period the paternity leave had
been granted.

If the employee’s baby / child is hospitalised, the employee must contact their manager in writing,
asking if it is possible to postpone all or part of your paternity leave, until the baby / child has
recovered.

3.16.4 Public holidays and annual leave
While on parental leave your annual leave entitlement is not affected, and employees are entitled to
leave for public holidays.

3.16.5 Record keeping
Under the legislation, the company is required to record all paternity leave employees take. These
records must include how long the employee has been employed by the company and the dates and
times of the leave taken. The company must keep these records for 8 years.

3.17 CARERS LEAVE
You may avail of temporary unpaid leave in order to personally provide full time care for a person who
has been medically certified to be in need of full-time attention. You must have at least 12 months
continuous service to avail of this. This entitlement is subject to receipt of a decision from a deciding
officer of the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection that the person whom you
propose to provide full time care for a relevant person within the meaning of the Social Welfare
(Consolidation) Act, 1993 as amended.

You are entitled to take a maximum of 104 weeks. This can be taken as a continuous period or in
separate blocks. Should you so choose you can work a maximum of 18.5 hours a week while on carer's
leave provided your income from employment is less than a weekly income limit of €332.50. You can
only take carer's leave for one person at a time unless the people you are intending on taking care of
live together. This choice can only be exercised once.

You should apply to a social welfare-deciding officer at least eight weeks before you intend to take the
leave. You must give the Company six weeks' written notice and details of the deciding officer's
decision.

3.17.1 Employment Rights
All your employment rights are protected while on this leave with the exception of pay and benefits.
You are entitled to return to the same work or alternative work where conditions are not less
favourable than that of previous employment.

3.17.2 Refusals & Postponements
The Leave can be refused if its duration is less than 13 weeks if the Company has reasonable grounds
for the refusal and specifies the reasons for refusal to you in writing. Leave can be postponed,
curtailed, or varied pending agreement between you and your employer.

3.17.3 Social Welfare Benefits
You are not entitled to pay from the Company for carer's leave, but you may be entitled to carer's
Benefit from social welfare. The benefit is subject to certain conditions.

3.18 COMPANY SECURITY POLICY
3.18.1 Introduction to Security Policy
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