Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)

This is what I believe any proper employer would do. However, there is no sense in stating that were an employer to correct the situation and deal with the issue on the 15th or 16th day, such an employer still would be in some sort of breach. The Government does not intend to introduce a form of sanction regime for a new provision that really comprises the substance of a guideline to good practice on the manner in which an employer should deal with a worker in this situation. However, if one introduces a provision in primary legislation, one is inferring that a failure to comply with it is a matter that can in some way be litigated or pursued with the rights commissioner.

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