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Paternity Leave and Benefit Act 2016

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  1. Art. 1. Short title and commencement
  2. Art. 2. Interpretation
  3. Art. 3. Regulations
  4. Art. 4. Voidance or modification of certain provisions in agreements
  5. Art. 5. Expenses
  6. Art. 6. Entitlement to paternity leave
  7. Art. 7. Notification to employer
  8. Art. 8. Allocation of paternity leave
  9. Art. 9. Commencement of paternity leave (early confinement)
  10. Art. 10. Postponement of paternity leave
  11. Art. 11. Postponement of paternity leave in event of sickness of relevant parent
  12. Art. 12. Postponement of paternity leave in event of hospitalisation of child
  13. Art. 13. Relevant parent to whom section 16 of Act of 1994 applies
  14. Art. 14. Relevant parent to whom section 9 of Act of 1995 applies
  15. Art. 15. Entitlement of employed surviving parent to leave on death of relevant parent
  16. Art. 16. Abuse of paternity leave
  17. Art. 17. Maintenance of records
  18. Art. 18. Interpretation (Part 3)
  19. Art. 19. Preservation or suspension of rights while on paternity leave
  20. Art. 20. Voidance of certain purported terminations of employment, etc.
  21. Art. 21. Extension of certain notices of termination of employment or of certain suspensions
  22. Art. 22. Protection of employees from penalisation
  23. Art. 23. General right to return to work on expiry of paternity leave
  24. Art. 24. Notification of intention to return to work
  25. Art. 25. Postponement of return to work
  26. Art. 26. Provisions applying where employee not permitted to return to work
  27. Art. 27. Disputes regarding entitlements under Act
  28. Art. 28. Decision under section 41 or 44 of Act of 2015
  29. Art. 29. Burden of proof
  30. Art. 30. Amendment of section 39 of Act of 2005
  31. Art. 31. Paternity benefit
  32. Art. 32. Amendment of Schedule 3 to Redundancy Payments Act 1967
  33. Art. 33. Amendment of section 6 of Act of 1977
  34. Art. 34. Amendment of Act of 1994
  35. Art. 35. Amendment of Act of 1995
  36. Art. 36. Amendment of section 126 of Taxes Consolidation Act 1997
  37. Art. 37. Amendment of Act of 2015