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Seanad: Remuneration Information and Pay Transparency Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Frances Black: I welcome the Minister. I am glad to be here to express my support for this important and timely legislation. I congratulate Senators Ardagh and Crowe on their hard work in respect of it. Deputy Conway-Walsh and others have tabled similar Bills in the Dáil. I hope this can be an area where a good idea is rewarded with cross-party support and swift passage through these Houses....

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2023)

Frances Black: I move amendment No. 10: In page 11, to delete lines 42 and 43, and in page 12, to delete lines 1 to 3.

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2023)

Frances Black: I move amendment No. 12: In page 12, between lines 5 and 6, to insert the following: “(da) the potential impact that the rate of domestic violence leave pay may have on persons experiencing certain forms of domestic violence, in particular persons experiencing coercive control or financial control;”.

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2023)

Frances Black: I move amendment No. 14: In page 12, line 6, after “opinion” to insert “, including that of service providers working in the area of domestic violence”.

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2023)

Frances Black: I move amendment No. 16: In page 12, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following: “(fa) the views of service providers working in the area of domestic violence;”.

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2023)

Frances Black: I move amendment No. 18: In page 12, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following: “(7A) The Minister shall, within 6 months of the passing of this Act, lay a report before both Houses of the Oireachtas outlining the potential for the rate of domestic violence leave pay to match the normal pay of an individual availing of this leave in order to protect the individual where...

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2023)

Frances Black: I move amendment No. 19: In page 12, line 13, to delete "in loco parentis" and substitute “providing parental care”.

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2023)

Frances Black: Amendment No. 19 refers to the definition of "in loco parentis", previously discussed in amendment No. 1. This amendment seeks to remove the phrase "in loco parentis" and replace it with "providing parental care" in the definition of dependent person in proposed section 13AA relating to domestic violence leave. The reason we have sought this amendment is to ensure that the provisions...

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2023)

Frances Black: I move amendment No. 20: In page 13, line 24, to delete “shall” and substitute “may”.

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2023)

Frances Black: Amendment No. 20 seeks to amend section 13B(3) by deleting the provision that a flexible working agreement "shall end" and substituting that it "may end" when the conditions under subsection (3) are met. There is something of an assumption that employers automatically want flexible work agreements to end and that they are seen as obstructive. However, it may be the case that both an...

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2023)

Frances Black: I move amendment No. 21: In page 13, line 24, after “shall” to insert “, subject to the approval of the employer and the employee,”.

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2023)

Frances Black: I move amendment No. 22: In page 13, line 35, to delete “16 years” and substitute “17 years”

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2023)

Frances Black: Amendments Nos. 22 and 23 are alternatives to previously submitted amendments on Committee Stage which sought to change the age when a flexible work arrangement due to disability of a child would end from 18 years to 16 years. This comes back to the issue of complexity of family life. In some places this legislation restricts employers and employees from being able to make mutually...

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2023)

Frances Black: I move amendment No. 24: In page 14, to delete lines 2 to 4 and substitute the following: “(4) Subject to the approval of the employer and employee, an employee’s approved flexible working arrangement shall not commence before a time when the employee concerned has completed 6 months continuous employment with the employer concerned.”.

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2023)

Frances Black: Amendment No. 24 seeks to delete section 13B(4), which provides that an employee’s approved flexible working arrangement "shall not commence before a time when the employee concerned has completed 6 months continuous employment with the employer concerned" and replace it with the provision that such a restriction would be subject to the approval of the employer and the employee. This...

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2023)

Frances Black: Yes.

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2023)

Frances Black: I move amendment No. 25: In page 14, between lines 4 and 5, to insert the following: “(4A) Subsection (4) shall not apply where an employer and employee agree to commence an employee’s approved flexible working arrangement prior to the completion of 6 months continuous employment with the employer concerned.”.

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2023)

Frances Black: I move amendment No. 28: In page 15, line 14, after “needs” to insert “, relevant to the functioning of his or her business,”.

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2023)

Frances Black: Amendment No. 28 seeks to clarify in section 13C(1) that where an employer is considering a request for a flexible working agreement that he or she should have regard to as his or her needs only in so far as they are relevant to the functioning of his or her business. This may seem obvious but we know that penalisation happens in workplaces and the legislation needs to be crystal clear that,...