Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 26 April 2022

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth

Organisation of Working Time (Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed)

Ms Allison Graham:

The biggest challenge will be with smaller organisations and employers, urban or rural. It will be those with fewer than ten employees. As it is, they struggle with having proper policies in place with regard to employee handbooks and existing leave. This will be the big challenge. There seems to be good buy-in from bigger multinationals doing the right thing and taking the lead from Vodafone. The small companies will be the big challenge for sure.