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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,...

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. 29: In page 15, line 30, after “may” to insert “, where that employer has provided notice in writing of their rationale,”.

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

Frances Black: I move amendment No. 30: In page 16, to delete line 42.

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

Frances Black: Amendment No. 30 seeks to delete subsection 13E(1)(a) which refers to "seasonal variations" and provides that the termination shall only be valid for the period in which such seasonal variations occur and upon the conclusion of that period, the flexible working agreement shall resume. This amendment is to ensure consistency with amendment No. 31 which seeks to ensure that seasonal variations...

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

Frances Black: I move amendment No. 38: In page 23, line 29, after “years” to insert “or when the employment ceases”.

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

Frances Black: Amendment No. 38 seeks to include, as part of the proposed amendments to section 29 of the principal Act, a provision that where records of medical leave are kept, as well as the three-year limit for the retention of such records, they shall be destroyed when employment ceases, whichever occurs earlier. As such records are likely to contain sensitive information, it is important from a data...

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

Frances Black: I move amendment No. 39: In page 23, line 31, after “years” to insert “or when the employment ceases”.

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

Frances Black: I move amendment No. 42: In page 28, to delete line 7.