John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 29:

In page 13, line 5, to delete “2 months” and substitute “4 weeks”.

As opposed to the Minister's proposal of two months, this would give an employee the right to be placed on a band within four weeks. There is no reason not to put someone on the appropriate band much earlier than two months. An employer should be able to do it. All the employer would need to do would be to examine the look-back period, which we will address shortly.