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Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: In the case, perhaps the Bill does not need to suggest the person has to provide the medical information if that is not necessary. As it has been written, it could be interpreted by an employee as requiring that information to be provided.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: If the Minister is open to it instead being an affidavit, would it be okay to remove that?

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: Health.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: Does the Minister see how this puts barriers in the way of people trying to seek this leave? If, for example, the elderly parent being cared for does not want to share his or her information, the person has to go through this process the Minister outlined instead of it being included in the Bill. The same is true of proving a child is the person's child and proving his or her age. The...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: While I welcome any amendment that introduces specific domestic violence leave, the manner in which it is happening does a deep disservice to those it will impact. The first sight any Opposition Deputy had of the Government's proposal was on Thursday. Therefore, it was almost impossible to suggest all of the amendments that might be needed at this Stage. In essence, the Minister's proposed...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: I move amendment No. 9: In page 8, line 22, to delete “12 years” and substitute “18 years”. The three amendments in the group deal with the definition of a child in the Bill. The Government has proposed that flexible working arrangements to care for one's child can only be made up to the age of 12 years, or 16 years in the case of a child with a disability or...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: I reiterate that people will still have to care for their adolescent children. I will press the amendment.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: No, I will discuss the point the Minister made about disability when I move a later amendment.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: I move amendment No. 10: In page 8, line 26, to delete “12 years” and substitute “18 years”.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: I move amendment No. 11: In page 8, line 31, to delete “16 years” and substitute “18 years”.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: I move amendment No. 12: In page 8, to delete lines 32 and 33, and substitute the following: “(ii) has recovered from that long-term illness or any other long-term illness,”. The amendment deals with the unusual wording that flexibility working arrangements will end when the child "ceases to have that disability or long-term illness or any other disability or long-term...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: My amendment seeks to replace the words "ceases to have" with the words "has recovered from" because one can recover from something and not cease to have a disability. Will the Minister indicate what kind of disability someone would cease to have?

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: The amendment states: "has recovered from that long-term illness or any other long-term illness” but should include the word "disability". My amendment simply proposes that the words "ceases to have" be replaced with the words "has recovered from". I can understand if that is in the Parental Leave Act or whatever, and why it might be taken from there, but it is that kind of...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: No, sorry. To include "disability" and to change "ceases to have" with-----

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: Yes, "has recovered from".

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: I thank the Minister.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: How does that work?

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: Perfect. I will withdraw it then.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: I move amendment No. 15: In page 9, lines 22 to 25, to delete all words from and including “in”, where it firstly occurs, in line 22, down to and including “(b)”.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: I move amendment No. 16: In page 9, lines 29 to 31, to delete all words from and including “, and” in line 29, down to and including “concerned”.