New Bill Looks For Employers To Pay Childcare Leave To Parents By Louise Phelan D Cruz
It s been put forward by Solidarity People Before Profit.
The ‘Paid Childcare Leave (Covid-19) Bill would give all working mums and dads the right to paid time off from work in order to care for their kids.
It covers cases where the children themselves are sick or self-isolating, as well as situations where they’re staying home while schools and crèches are closed, and it would also be paid by employers.
Currently parents unable to work due to childcare are being told to apply for the PUP and Rise TD Paul Murphy says that’s not good enough.