New Legislation
Sick Leave - Legislation - 2023 -
Sick Leave - Legislation - 2023 -
New Legislation
The Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Simon Coveney, has welcomed the new entitlement to employer-paid sick leave which comes into effect 1st January 2023. Workers will now be entitled to up to 3 days of employer-paid sick leave in a year, paid at 70% of gross salary up to a cap of €110 per day.
Where an employee has an extended period of illness, the scheme will operate seamlessly with the existing illness benefit system which kicks in on day four of an absence. Once the employee has exhausted their entitlement to employer-paid sick leave, they will move onto illness benefit, if eligible.
In addition, the National Minimum Wage today increased from €10.50 to €11.30 per hour. This 80 cent, or 7.6%, increase will see someone on the National Minimum Wage working a 39-hour week, receiving a pay increase of €31.20 per week or more than €120 per month, or €1,600 per annum.