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• Any period of probation, training or apprenticeship may be suspended by the
Company at its discretion whilst you are on Parental Leave.
• On your return you will be entitled to return to your previous job or position, or if that
previous job or position is not your usual job or position, you will be entitled to return
to work either to that job or your usual job or position as soon as practicable.
• If because of an interruption or cessation of work at the date of expiry of Parental
Leave it is unreasonable to expect you to return at that date, you may return to work
as soon as reasonably practicable after the resumption of work.
• If it is not practicable to allow you to return to work the Company will offer you
suitable alternative work on terms or conditions of employment, which are not
substantially less favourable to you.

3.14 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 Social and Family Affairs 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 15 hours a week while on carer's
leave. 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.

3.14.1 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.

3.14.2 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.

3.14.3 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

3.16 ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS POLICY
The Company is committed to the correct and proper use of its electronic communications, email, and
internet services.

The inappropriate use of electronic communications, email or internet could expose the organisation
to risks ranging from virus attacks, theft and disclosure of information, disruption of network systems

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