# Sick Pay

Last year

2022

Explainer: All you need to know about your new right to sick pay

Employers will soon be required to pay their staff when too sick to work.

23.9k

Nov 30th 2022, 7:00 PM

# Sick Pay

New sick pay law to guarantee all workers three days paid sick leave once commenced

This is the first time Ireland has had a statutory sick pay scheme.

23.8k

Jul 13th 2022, 5:33 PM

# Your Say

Poll: Does your job have paid sick leave?

Currently, there are discrepancies around Ireland in sick pay.

30.5k

Mar 30th 2022, 9:09 AM

# Sick Leave

New sick pay scheme to guarantee all workers up to 10 days paid leave by 2026

Cabinet approved the Sick Leave Bill 2022 yesterday, which will legislate for a statutory sick pay scheme in Ireland for the first time.

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Mar 30th 2022, 8:02 AM

All time

# workers rights

Workers to get at least 10 days paid sick leave phased in between now and 2025

Statutory sick pay will be phased in to help employers to plan ahead and manage the additional costs.

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Jun 9th 2021, 3:02 PM

# Sick Pay

Explainer: Why it's taken a pandemic to get sick pay back on the government agenda

An employment law expert explains the current legal situation and the government’s options.

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Nov 22nd 2020, 12:05 AM

# Sick Pay

Varadkar launches public consultation on plans for laws to give employees legal right to sick pay

The Tánaiste said statutory sick pay must be fair for workers and employers.

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Nov 16th 2020, 6:39 AM

# Sick Leave

Government agree to sick pay reform, but Labour says six month delay will hinder fight against the pandemic

Ireland is one of only five EU members that doesn’t recognise sick pay as a right.

17.5k

Sep 22nd 2020, 6:53 PM

# protection

'The pandemic exposed big failings': ICTU calls for mandatory sick pay for all workers

The union said up to half of the labour force, including hundreds of thousands of low-paid workers, do not receive sick pay.

34.7k

Sep 20th 2020, 4:21 PM

# clusters and lockdowns

Nearly 1,500 cases linked to 28 meat factory outbreaks across the country

In the 28 days up to 15 August, there were 330 confirmed Covid-19 cases associated with meat/poultry factory outbreaks.

84.4k

Aug 30th 2020, 7:30 AM

Voices

Opinion: The state of sick pay in Ireland is sickening

Ireland is completely out of line with European norms in not requiring employers to continue to pay a worker’s wage if sick and unable to work, writes Dr Laura Bambrick.

58.4k

Aug 16th 2020, 7:30 AM

# Coronavirus

Taoiseach indicates childcare and sick pay reforms may not be rolled back on entirely after the crisis

The Dail is debating emergency legislation today.

82.4k

Mar 26th 2020, 12:41 PM

# Turbulent Times

Air Berlin furious as 200 pilots call in sick forcing cancellations

The day cost the struggling company millions of euro.

23.7k

Sep 12th 2017, 10:10 PM

Voices

Opinion: I never knew how easy it was to become homeless in Ireland until now

I never thought, in my wildest dreams, that a mere three weeks could change my life so drastically.

1.1k

Feb 2nd 2015, 8:00 AM

# Injured

Garda bodies launch High Court challenge to sick pay changes

Sick and injured gardaí have already been moved to lower rates of sick pay as changes in legislation reduce the amount of time they can receive the full rate.

10.1k

Apr 14th 2014, 11:58 AM

# pay rise

Four in ten employers to increase pay in 2013

Three quarters of companies with occupational sick pay schemes said the potential impact of a statutory scheme would result in a revision of existing sick pay and benefit entitlements.

6.0k

Dec 3rd 2012, 6:50 AM

# who pays?

What should the government do about sick pay? Here's three suggestions

The government has made it clear that it isn’t happy to keep footing the bill for employee sick pay – so we’ve asked Sinn Féin, TASC and IBEC what they think should be done about it.

7.7k

Dec 1st 2012, 9:15 AM

# Your Say

Poll: Should employers be liable for sick pay?

Who should pay?

13.1k

Nov 16th 2012, 10:23 AM

# Budget 2013

Statutory sick pay 'could threaten 42 per cent of businesses' - IBEC

The employers’ group publishes a survey saying almost half of all firms believe paying sick employees could affect their sustainability.

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Nov 16th 2012, 6:30 AM

# Budget 2013

Budget ‘kite flying’ fuelling negativity for Irish businesses – IBEC

The quarterly Business Sentiment Survey shows uncertainty at the Budget – and the future of the Eurozone – is taking its toll.

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Oct 30th 2012, 7:15 AM

# Sick Pay

Government defeats FF Dáil motion to stop sick pay changes

The Dáil voted 70-45 in favour of a Government counter-motion noting that the Cabinet hasn’t yet approved the plans.

9.0k

Oct 24th 2012, 9:36 PM

# Fianna Fáil

FF to call on Government to scrap sick pay reforms

The party describes the reforms as “job-destroying” and is to table a motion on them before the Dáil this week.

5.3k

Oct 23rd 2012, 8:13 AM

# Budget 2013

IBEC demands 'pro-jobs Budget' as forecast for 2013 is lowered

The business group says plans to increase PRSI or make employers cover sick will hamper job creation.

3.2k

Oct 22nd 2012, 6:45 AM

# Sick Leave

James Reilly to target lengthy sick leave

The Health Minister will demand that hospitals take a tougher line with staff in order to target excessive absenteeism rates.

9.8k

Oct 18th 2012, 1:54 PM

# HSE

Three HSE staff dismissed over "very poor attendance records"

More than 100 staff have also had their sick leave scheme suspended in the last six months.

15.9k

Sep 28th 2012, 2:00 PM

Voices

Column: Making employers pay for sick leave is simply not fair

Placing social welfare costs onto businesses is an additional burden on employers and will result in job losses writes Ian Martin.

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Sep 19th 2012, 9:30 PM

Evening Wrap

The 5 at 5 5 stories, 5 minutes, 5 o’clock…

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Jul 19th 2012, 4:43 PM

# Sick Leave

Public service sick leave halved for most employees

The amount of paid sick leave is to be reduced from six months to three months.

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Jul 19th 2012, 1:25 PM

# Sick Pay

Bruton says sick pay row is a private matter for Cabinet

Last week the minister circulated a briefing document criticising Minister Joan Burton’s proposal to increase the number of sick pay days an employers pays.

3.7k

Jul 16th 2012, 10:30 AM

# Daily Fix

The Daily Fix: Thursday

All the day’s main news, plus a few bits and pieces you may have missed along the way…

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Jun 21st 2012, 7:58 PM

# Sick Pay

Burton looks to play down tensions over sick pay reform

The social protection minister says a dispute about reforms to sick pay is not about her or any other minister.

3.2k

Jun 18th 2012, 9:19 AM

# Daily Fix

The Daily Fix: Monday

Your evening round-up of the day’s biggest news stories…

5.7k

Feb 20th 2012, 7:45 PM

# Sick Pay

Employers warn that Burton's sick pay proposals will result in job losses

The Small Firms Association and the Irish Business and Employers Confederation have condemned the government’s plans to shift the burden of sick pay on to employers.

6.6k

Feb 20th 2012, 6:46 PM

# Sick Pay

Burton puts forward plan to make employers pay for sick leave

The proposals, which would see employers pay for the first four weeks of sick leave, are being discussed at a forum today.

3.5k

Feb 20th 2012, 4:04 PM

# Sick Pay

Mandatory sick pay "will lead to job losses and absenteeism"

That is according to the business owners who took part in a survey for ISME, who said that mandatory sick pay of four weeks will have a “disastrous effect” on businesses.

3.4k

Jan 23rd 2012, 12:44 PM

# Budget 2012

Retailers call for no taxes on consumers and cuts to expenditure in Budget

Retail Ireland has called on the government not to increase excise duty and not to shift the payment of sick leave onto employers in the Budget next week.

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Nov 28th 2011, 7:15 AM