Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)

I move amendment No. 16:

In page 7, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following:

4.—The Minister shall by regulations provide that—

(a) an employee shall have a right to request more flexible Parental Leave arrangements than those provided for under the Parental Leave Acts 1998 and 2006,

(b) the employer is obliged seriously to consider any such request, and

(c) refusal of the employee's request should only be justified by the employer giving particulars of the business case for the refusal.

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