muffin1973
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No - see the Equality Authority website:muffin1973 said:Parental and Force majeure leave
"In the case of parental leave, each parent is entitled to 14 weeks unpaid leave for each child, to enable him or her to take care of the child.
The leave must be taken before the child reaches five years of age."
Does anyone know has this allowance been changed in respect of children up to the age of 8 years of age??
Q6. I heard the age limit is increasing to 8 years of age, has this happened yet?
It is likely that the age limit currently specified in the legislation will be increased to 8 years of age, however no date has been confirmed for these changes to come into effect.
(Please note, there has been much mis-information regarding the provisions of the Parental Leave Act recently. Specifically some people think that the 5 year old age limit has been extended to 8 years. This is not the case. The provisions of the Parental Leave Act currently remain as outlined above.) However, a new Bill, was published at the end of 2004 which proposes to allow parental leave in respect of children up to the age of 8, and up to age 16 if the child has a disability. This new law is not yet in force however and is currently going through the houses of the Oireachtas.
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