Adoptive Leave Act 1995

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1. Art. 1 Short title and commencement.
2. Art. 2 Interpretation.
3. Art. 3 Orders and regulations.
4. Art. 4 Voidance or modification of certain provisions in agreements.
5. Art. 5 Expenses.
6. Art. 6 Entitlement of employed adopting mother (or sole male adopter) to minimum period of adoptive leave.
7. Art. 6A Restrictions on entitlement to adoptive leave
8. Art. 7 Notification of employer.
9. Art. 8 Entitlement of employed adopting mother (or sole male adopter) to additional adoptive leave.
10. Art. 9 Entitlement of adopting father to adoptive leave in certain circumstances.
11. Art. 10 Entitlement of adopting father to additional adoptive leave in certain circumstances.
12. Art. 11 Entitlement of adopting father to additional adoptive leave before day of placement in certain circumstances.
13. Art. 11A 11A Time off to attend certain pre-adoption classes and meetings.
14. Art. 11B 11B Termination of additional adoptive leave on sickness of adopting parent.
15. Art. 11C 11C Postponement of leave on hospitalisation of child.
16. Art. 11D 11D Absence from work owing to sickness while leave postponed.
17. Art. 12 Placements of less than fourteen weeks duration.
18. Art. 13 Certificate of placement to be issued.
19. Art. 14 Evidence as to certificate of placement.
20. Art. 15 Preservation or suspension of certain rights, etc., while on adoptive leave.
21. Art. 16 Voidance of certain purported terminations of employment, etc.
22. Art. 17 Extension of certain notices of termination of employment and certain suspensions.
23. Art. 18 General right to return to work after adoptive leave or additional adoptive leave.
24. Art. 19 Right to suitable alternative employment in certain circumstances on return to work.
25. Art. 20 Notification of intention to return to work.
26. Art. 21 Postponement of return to work.
27. Art. 22 Amendment of section 1 of Act of 1977.
28. Art. 23 Amendment of section 2 (2) of Act of 1977.
29. Art. 24 Amendment of section 6 (2) of Act of 1977.
30. Art. 25 Amendment of section 6 of Act of 1977.
31. Art. 26 Adopting parent not permitted to return to work.
32. Art. 27 Amendment of section 2 of Act of 1967.
33. Art. 28 Amendment of Schedule 3 to Redundancy Payments Act 1967.
34. Art. 29 Adopting parent not permitted to return to work.
35. Art. 30 Adopting parent not permitted to return to work.
36. Art. 31 Definition.
37. Art. 32 Disputes regarding entitlement under this Act.
38. Art. 33 Decision under section 41 or section 44 of Workplace Relations Act 2015.
39. Art. 34 Referral of disputes to rights commissioner.
40. Art. 35 Appeal from decision of rights commissioner.
41. Art. 36 Appeal to High Court on point of law.
42. Art. 37 Service of documents.
43. Art. 38 Provisions relating to winding up and bankruptcy.
44. Art. 39 Enforcement of decision of rights commissioner and determination of Tribunal.
45. Art. 40 Extension of Protection of Employees (Employers’ Insolvency) Act, 1984.
46. Art. 41 Alternative notification procedure.
47. Art. 42 Right to adoptive leave where child placed before commencement of Act.
48. Art. 43 Right to additional adoptive leave where child placed before commencement of Act.
49. Art. 44 Notification of intention to return to work in respect of leave taken under sections 42 and 43.
50. Art. 45 Revocation.