Critical Health Professionals Bill 2017

Public bill · Private Member · Introduced

It would let certain doctors, nurses, consultants and other critical health workers in publicly funded health and disability services keep working past the retirement age in their contract, if both they and their employer agree. The right to retire stays in place, but staff could ask to delay retirement for an initial period of up to two years, with one possible two-year extension, and the same employment conditions would continue unless the person becomes unfit to work. It matters because it could help keep experienced staff in a health system facing shortages.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to ensure that critical health professionals who are employees of all organisations funded directly by the Department of Health, all organisations funded by the Health Service Executive, all organisations funded under section 38 of the Health Act 2004, and all other health and disability service providers, may, if they wish, postpone their retirement where they would otherwise have been forced to retire at a particular age that is stipulated in their employment contract, subject to dual consent being in place between the employee and the employer, and to provide for related matters

Last updated 20 April 2020