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Information about fixed-term working 36 Training / Study Criteria 44
Complaints 36 Records 45
Additional Information 36 Overtime 46
Methods of Payment 46
7. Employment of Children Statement of Wages 46
and Young Persons 37 Deductions 46
General 37 Sick Pay and Sick Leave 47
Children over age 14 38 Complaints 47
Young People 38 Additional Information 48
Additional Information 38
10. Termination of Employment 49
8. Carer’s Leave 39 Minimum Notice 49
General 39 Redundancy 50
Who is covered by the Act? 39 Collective Redundancies 51
Entitlement to Carer’s Leave 39 Insolvency 52
Meaning of ‘Full-time care Dismissal 53
and attention’ 40 Complaints 56
Manner in which Carer’s Leave
may be taken 40 Additional Information 56
Intervals between periods of
Carer’s Leave 40 11. Equality 57
Protection of Employment Rights 41 Employment Equality 57
Protection against Penalisation Collective Agreements 57
including Dismissal 41 Occupational Pensions 57
Notification of Intention to take Equal Status 58
Carer’s Leave 41 Complaints 58
Exceptional or Emergency
Circumstances 42
Confirmation of Carer’s Leave 42 12. Other Relevant Provisions 59
Complaints 42 Transfer of Undertakings 59
Additional Information 42 Rights of Posted Workers and of
non-national workers in Ireland 60
9. Pay/Wages 43 Domestic Workers 61
General 43 Worker Participation 62
Minimum Rates of Pay 43 Employment Agencies 63
Who is covered? 43 Safety, Health and Welfare at Work 63
Minimum Hourly Rates of Pay 44 Complaints 65
Determining the average hourly Additional Information 65
rate of pay 44
Working Hours 44 Appendix I-
Reckonable and Non-Reckonable Pay 44 Adjudication Redress Provisions 67

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