hello there in today's video I'm gonna take a look at carers leave and every
star carers leave is something that comes up from time to time and I can
create create or cause some difficulty port for the employer and employee and
hopefully this video might help in clarifying exactly what's involved in
the legal entitlement the statutory entitlement to carers leave in Irish law
so first thing you need to understand is that relevant legislation is the carers
leave Act of 2001 what's involved with essentially employees are allowed to
leave their employment temporarily to provide full-time care for someone in
need of full-time care and attention and the leave can range from 13 weeks to 104
weeks that's two years it's unpaid leave and your job if you're an employee must
be kept open for you from a social welfare perspective you may be entitled
to carers benefits or you may be entitled to carers allowance this will
depend on your parasite contributions in your job
the rule is then well you must have worked continuously for at least 12
months in your current employment and the powerless employment Affairs and
Social Protection must approve your application so there's going to be an
application to the Department of Social Protection the person that you'll be
caring for must be so disabled that they need continuous supervision and frequent
assistance throughout the day in connection with the normal personal
needs for example assistance to eat drink wash a dress also
the coop their continuous supervision must be in order to avoid being a danger
to themselves the person does not have to be a family member so you could
actually do it for a friend or a colleague or a neighbor the procedure in
relation to taking the leave you can apply to taking care of leave in one
continuous period of 104 weeks or for a number of periods not exceeding a total
of 104 weeks if you not do not take the leave in one continuous period there
must be a gap of at least six weeks between each period of care relief and
you must give your employer at least six weeks notice of your intention to take
care relieve you and your employer must prepare and sign a document which
confirms this arrangement at least two weeks before you begin your curls leave
and it must include the days when you wish to start your leave the duration of
the leave and the form in which your leave will be taken your employer
attends this document but wants to give a copy of us to you in terms of working
on cara's leave you can work for up to 15 hours a week while you're on cara's
leave provided your income from employment or self-employment less than
a weekly income limit of three hundred and thirty two year-olds and 50 sets
take-home pay let's take home on a net figure alternatively you can attend an
educational training course or take up volunteer work for a maximum of 15 hours
per week you must give your employer written notice of your intention to
return to work at least four weeks before you intend returning to work and
you will be treated as if you're a work in or curing carelessly so the time of
your carers leaves that period is counted as continuous employment you're
only entitled to annual leave and public holidays for the first thirteen weeks of
carers leave you may not be dismissed or victimized for taking care as leave or
proposing to takers you need to make an application in the first instance to the
Department of Employment Affairs and social protection as I've said you make
the application on a carers benefit for and it's for approval that the person in
question needs care so the family doctor of the person you'll be hearing for will
need to complete part of the application form and certify that they will require
the care or are in need of the care in accordance with the legislation at least
six weeks before you propose to take the carers leave from employment you must
make a formal application to your employer for this leave and we've
already had a look at that so your first step is with the Department of Social
Protection and then you need to let your employer know what the situation is an
agreed document with the employer agree when the leave will start and how long
it'll last for and so on the application for to the employer than most state that
you proposed to take this leave under the cares the evac'd of 2001 commencing
on a specific days it must set out the way in which you intend to take this
leave for example is it going to be in one continuous block or in a series of
blocks it's going to confirm that you applied to the Department of Social
Protection for a decision confirming that the person you'll be caring for it
needs this care and is a qualifying person and disputes in relation to your
entitlement under the carers leave Act should be referred to the workplace
relations commission within six months of the dispute my name is Tara Gauri as
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