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Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 June 2020

Tuesday, 23 June 2020

Questions (848)

Darren O'Rourke

Question:

848. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if it is the case that employers are expected to pay wages for the Easter and May bank holidays of employees who were temporarily laid off and in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12444/20]

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The determination of whether a person is entitled to payment from their employer in respect of a public holiday is governed by the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997. Under the Act, for each of the nine public holidays in a year, an employee is entitled to either a paid day off on the holiday, a paid day off within a month of the holiday, an extra day’s annual leave, or an extra day’s pay. If a person is on temporary lay-off, they are entitled to benefit for the public holidays that fall within the first thirteen weeks of lay-off.

An employee may present a complaint to the Workplace Relations Commission if it appears that the employer has failed to provide the correct holiday entitlements to which the employee is entitled under the Act.

I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

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