responsibilities and the opportunities for rest and recreation that are available to you. They must also consult with you at least one month before the leave is to be taken. Annual leave should be taken within the appropriate leave year or, with your consent, within six months of the relevant leave year. Further holding over (also known as carrying over) of annual leave at your request is a matter for agreement between you and your employer. Pay in respect of annual leave is paid at the normal weekly rate. If your pay varies, because of commission or bonus payments for example, your pay for holidays is the average of your pay over the 13 weeks before you take holidays. Annual leave and sick leave If you are ill while on annual leave, you should get a medical certificate to cover the days that you were sick and give this to your employer on returning to work. Sick days will not count as annual leave and those days will be available to you as leave, at a later date. An employer cannot require you to take annual leave for a certified period of illness. Your annual leave entitlement continues to build up during a period of certified sick leave. Annual leave and other leave Time spent on maternity leave, paternity leave, adoptive leave, parental leave, force majeure leave and the first 13 weeks of carer's leave is treated as working time for the accumulation of annual leave entitlements. If you are leaving a job, you are entitled to receive payment for any outstanding annual leave and public holidays due to you. Maternity leave, parental leave, paternity leave or adoptive leave are discussed in detail in the February 2017 issue of Relate. Public holidays There are nine public holidays, sometimes called bank holidays, in Ireland each year. Good Friday is not a public holiday and you have no automatic entitlement to time off work on that day. If you qualify for public holiday benefit, you are entitled to one of the following: Paid day off on the public holiday Additional day of annual leave Additional day's pay Paid day off within a month of the public holiday You may ask your employer at least 21 days before a public holiday which of the alternatives will apply. If your employer does not respond at least 14 days before the public holiday, you may take the actual public holiday as a paid day off.
responsibilities and the opportunities for rest and recreation that are available to you. They must also consult with you at least one month before the leave is to be taken. Annual leave should be taken within the appropriate leave year or, with your consent, within six months of the relevant leave year. Further holding over (also known as carrying over) of annual leave at your request is a matter for agreement between you and your employer. Pay in respect of annual leave is paid at the normal weekly rate. If your pay varies, because of commission or bonus payments for example, your pay for holidays is the average of your pay over the 13 weeks before you take holidays. Annual leave and sick leave If you are ill while on annual leave, you should get a medical certificate to cover the days that you were sick and give this to your employer on returning to work. Sick days will not count as annual leave and those days will be available to you as leave, at a later date. An employer cannot require you to take annual leave for a certified period of illness. Your annual leave entitlement continues to build up during a period of certified sick leave. Annual leave and other leave Time spent on maternity leave, paternity leave, adoptive leave, parental leave, force majeure leave and the first 13 weeks of carer's leave is treated as working time for the accumulation of annual leave entitlements. If you are leaving a job, you are entitled to receive payment for any outstanding annual leave and public holidays due to you. Maternity leave, parental leave, paternity leave or adoptive leave are discussed in detail in the February 2017 issue of Relate. Public holidays There are nine public holidays, sometimes called bank holidays, in Ireland each year. Good Friday is not a public holiday and you have no automatic entitlement to time off work on that day. If you qualify for public holiday benefit, you are entitled to one of the following: Paid day off on the public holiday Additional day of annual leave Additional day's pay Paid day off within a month of the public holiday You may ask your employer at least 21 days before a public holiday which of the alternatives will apply. If your employer does not respond at least 14 days before the public holiday, you may take the actual public holiday as a paid day off.
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