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Bulletin Board With INMO director of industrial relations Tony Fitzpatrick
Reply When appointed as a staff nurse you will be placed on the first point of the salary scale for 16 weeks. After 16 weeks, you will be placed on the third point of the salary scale, skipping the second point. One year later, on your next increment date, you will be eligible for the enhanced nurse/midwife salary scale at the first point (as at September 1, 2019). • 16 weeks – €29,860 • Third point of scale – €32,734 • One year later, first point of enhanced salary scale – €36,433. Query frommember I am a newly qualified staff nurse and have been offered a post in the public health service. I would like to know: what salary should I receive?
Reply Due to amendments made in the Parental Leave Act 2019, parental leave has been extended from 18 weeks to 26 weeks. Therefore, anyone who has already availed of the 18 weeks of parental leave can apply for a further eight weeks of parental leave. This additional leave will be on a phased basis, so as of September 1, 2019 onwards you can avail of a further four weeks and from Sep- tember 2020 you can avail of the remaining four weeks. Also, the age of a child has been increased from eight to 12 years of age, so you are eligible to apply for this leave as your child is 10 years of age. Query frommember I am a staff nurse working in the private sector. I have a 10-year-old child but have exhausted my 18 weeks of parental leave. I have been made aware of changes to the parental leave legislation. How will these changes affect me?
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