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Force Majeure Leave

An employee has an entitlement to 3 days Force Majeure Leave in each 12 months or 5 days in each 36-month period.

Force Majeure leave covers situations where, for urgent family reasons, owing to an injury to or the illness of a close family member, the immediate presence of the employee is indispensably required at the place where the family member is. For the purposes of the Act, "family member" is defined as the following: child or adoptive child, spouse or a person with whom the employee is living as husband or wife; a person to whom the employee is in loco parentis, brother or sister, parent or grandparent.

The appropriate ‘Application for Force Majeure Leave’ form must be completed by the applicant, signed by the Principal/Head of Centre and forwarded to the Human Resources Department.

See DES Circular Letter 17/99 for more information.
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