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On 1 Januaryshe commenced sick leave due to pregnancy-related illness.
Revised Arrangements Pregnancy Related Sick Leave. INMO Executive Council To Review Developments In The Nursing And Midwifery Board Of Ireland (NMBI). 183 days for non-pregnancy related sick leave. 2. PHIL Ni SHEAGHDHA The minimum entitlement for a pregnant employee is for 26 consecutive weeks of leave. When counted with other non-pregnancy related sick leave in the previous four years. Is mise HSE Memo concerning legal assistance on the removal and step down of patients, Campaign for the Restoration of Incremental Credit for Graduates from 2011 through to 2015, Community Care re-structuring - Meetings September 2016. The number of additional days allowed will be the equivalent number of days taken on pregnancy related sick leave in the four years and must not exceed normal sick leave limits, e.g. (A HSE employee who is pregnant and suffering a pregnancy related illness could at present find themselves cut off pay altogether depending on exhausting their sick leave entitlement over the previous one year or over a four year period)The circular also changes the criteria for sick leave entitlement post pregnancy when following maternity leave, where an employee is unfit for work due to ill health her entitlement to sick pay at half pay will be extended by the period of absence due to pregnancy related illness which occurred prior to her maternity leave provided she has not benefitted from pregnancy related sick leave during pregnancy.The changes introduced by this circular relate only to pregnancy related sick leave and the circular stresses that not all illness during pregnancy is necessarily pregnancy related. HSELive general health service information line is open 9am - 5pm Monday to Friday, HSELive Coronavirus Helpline is open 8am to 8pm Monday to Friday and 9am - 5pm Saturday and Sunday, Quality Assurance and Verification Division, Your Personal Information - You and Your Health Service, Social Inclusion, Asylum Seekers, Travellers, The Nurture Programme - Infant Health & Wellbeing, Spotlight: Workplace Health and Wellbeing Unit, Strategic Workforce Planning & Intelligence, Stress Management European Safety & Health at Work, Healthy Workplaces for all Ages, European Safety and Health at Work, National Healthcare Communication Programme, Clinical Strategy and Programmes Division, FOI Disclosure log and other information that we publish. Ms Martina Harkin-Kelly, Elected 2nd Vice-President. PSYCHIATRIC NURSES ASSOCIATION of Ireland Tel: 045 852300 Email: info@pna.ie. By clicking “Accept All Cookies” you can agree to the use of all cookies.
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Pregnant and on sick leave from work If you are on sick leave from work and getting Illness Benefit immediately before you are due to start your maternity leave, you will be paid Maternity Benefit in the normal way if you satisfy the social insurance contributions.
As you are aware a number of issues are being contested in respect of the changes to the sick leave regulations.
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When counted with other non-pregnancy related sick leave in the previous four years. I am happy to advise that the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform have, following representation from the public service trade unions, agreed to alter the original approach to pregnancy related sick leave.
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31 March 2014, for the majority of public servants and 01 September 2014 for the education sector. The changes are as follows: - All pregnancy related sick leave that occurred before the introduction of the new public service sick leave scheme will be discounted for the purpose of calculating access to paid sick leave under the current scheme. The number of additional days allowed will be the equivalent number of days taken on pregnancy related sick leave in the four years and must not exceed normal sick leave limits, e.g. (i) An employee who is absent for a pregnancy related illness will receive a minimum of half pay during the pregnancy related illness, regardless of whether she has exhausted her ordinary entitlement to paid sick leave.
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If any INMO member seeks further information in respect of this, please contact your local Industrial Relations Officer who will advise. HSE confirms Time plus One-Sixth Premium Payment.
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The social insurance contributions for Maternity Benefit and Illness Benefit are not the same. Director of Industrial Relations. A woman who has exhausted her access to paid sick leave, due to pregnancy related sick leave in the previous four years, may have access to additional non-pregnancy related sick leave at half rate of pay. You can opt-out of these cookies. Her sick leave record is as follows: 93 days sick leave taken to 31 December January 31 February 28 March 31 Total183 Therefore the officer will go on half-pay on 1 April to 31 May (a total of61 days)and will be placed back on full pay for the period of maternity leave. This means that a female employee will not be taken off pay while on pregnancy related sick leave.
Pregnancy related sick leave (HSE HR Circular 25/2008 ) The HSE has changed its policy with regard to female employees who are medically certified as unfit to work due to a pregnancy related illness by circular of the 11th November ’08.
Application of the Injury at Work Grant in HSE and voluntary services. The employee must inform her employer in writing of the intention to take leave (section 9 of Maternity Protection Act 1994) and must have a medical certificate confirming the expected date of “confinement”.