The Irish government approved the General Scheme of the Sick Leave Bill 2021 on 9 June 2021. The bill proposes to implement an obligation on employers to pay their employees a certain amount of sick pay per year. The Minister for Enterprise, Trade, and Employment, Leo Varadkar, outlined that the bill is primarily intended to provide a minimum level of protection to low-paid employees working in the private sector, who may have no entitlement to company sick pay schemes.

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