Ireland provides various leave entitlements to employees, ensuring a work-life balance and supporting family needs. Each heading below gives the name you will see when booking time off in the platform, and shows who pays.
Vacation (annual leave)
Entitlement: Full-time employees are entitled to a minimum of 4 weeks (20 working days) of paid annual leave each year.
Part-time employees: This leave is prorated based on the number of hours worked.
Paid by your employer.
Carryover: Vacation does not carry over to the following leave year in the platform. Plan to use your full entitlement within the leave year.
Can be requested in half days. No supporting document is required.
Public Holidays
Entitlement: Ireland has 10 public holidays, and employees are entitled to paid leave on these days or an alternative day off.
Maternity Leave
Entitlement: 26 weeks, with the option of a further period of unpaid leave.
Paid by social security — Maternity Benefit from the Department of Social Protection.
Supporting documentation is required with the request.
Paternity Leave
Entitlement: 2 weeks, to be taken within the first 6 months after the birth or adoption.
Paid by social security — Paternity Benefit from the Department of Social Protection.
Supporting documentation is required.
Adoption Leave
Entitlement: 24 weeks following the placement of an adopted child.
Paid by your employer.
Supporting documentation is required.
Parental Leave — 9 weeks, paid (Parent's Leave)
Entitlement: 9 weeks per parent, which must be taken within 2 years of the child's birth or adoption.
Paid by social security — Parent's Benefit from the Department of Social Protection.
This is the entitlement Irish law calls Parent's Leave. In the platform it appears as Parental Leave.
Parental Leave (Unpaid) — 26 weeks
Entitlement: Up to 26 weeks per child.
Usage: This leave can be taken until the child reaches 12 years of age.
Unpaid.
This is the entitlement Irish law calls Parental Leave. In the platform it appears as Parental Leave (Unpaid). Supporting documentation is required.
Check which one you are selecting.
The platform shows two similarly named policies. Parental Leave is 9 weeks, paid by social security, taken in the child's first 2 years. Parental Leave (Unpaid) is 26 weeks, unpaid, available until the child turns 12.
Selecting the wrong one will affect whether you are paid.
Family Responsibility Leave (force majeure leave)
Entitlement: 3 working days in any 12 consecutive months for an urgent family matter where your immediate presence is indispensable, due to the injury or illness of a close family member.
Paid by your employer.
Irish law calls this force majeure leave. In the platform it appears as Family Responsibility Leave. Supporting documentation is required.
Carer's Leave
Entitlement: Up to 104 weeks to care for a person in need of full-time care and attention.
Unpaid by your employer. You may qualify for Carer's Benefit or Carer's Allowance paid by social security through the Department of Social Protection.
There is currently no carer's leave policy in the platform — contact your Remote People HR contact to arrange it.
Sick leave is covered in a separate article. For more detailed information or assistance, consult your Remote People HR contact or the relevant government bodies.