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Section 8
employee handbook
pay from the Hospital during maternity leave depends on the terms of
your contract of employment. You can also avail of additional unpaid
maternity leave.
• Ante and Post Natal Medical Care: Employees are entitled to as
much paid time off as is necessary for antenatal or postnatal
medical visits.
• Breastfeeding: Breastfeeding mothers have an entitlement to
either an adjustment of working hours to allow them to
breastfeed their child, or where breastfeeding facilities are
provided to breastfeeding breaks.
Adoptive Leave: Adoptive leave is paid leave granted to Employees
who legally adopt a child. It is taken around the time of the adoption.
Additional unpaid adoptive leave may be granted on application.
Adoptive leave is generally taken by adopting mothers or in certain
circumstances adopting fathers.
Parental Leave: Employees may avail of unpaid parental leave to
take care of their children. Differing terms may apply, depending on
the age and circumstances of the child. Parental leave may be
taken as a block or broken into weeks, days or hours. The final decision
regarding the manner in which the leave is taken is at the discretion of
the Hospital.
Carer’s Leave: Employees have a statutory entitlement to take an
amount of temporary unpaid leave from their employment to enable
them to personally provide full-time care and attention to a person
who is in need of such care. Length of service conditions apply.
Jury Service Leave: Special leave with pay may be granted to
Employees who are called to serve on a jury.
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