Carer's Leave Bill 2000

Public bill · Government · Presented

The Bill would give employees with at least one year’s continuous service up to 65 weeks of unpaid leave to provide full-time care for someone officially assessed as needing it, while protecting their right to return to work and shielding them from unfair treatment. Leave could be taken in one block or several periods, and eligible employees might also receive Carer’s Benefit.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to provide for the temporary absence from employment of employees for the purpose of the provision of full-time care and attention to a person requiring it, to protect the employment rights of those employees during such absence, and for that purpose to amend certain enactments and to provide for related matters

Last updated 20 November 2019