Debate contribution: ‘Good Jobs’ Employment Rights Bill
Debate contribution by Mr Conor Murphy on .
- MLA
- Mr Conor Murphy
- Party at the time
- Sinn Féin
- Date
- 12 November 2024
- Type
- Debate contribution (made as a minister)
- Business
- Oral Answers to Questions
- Heading
- ‘Good Jobs’ Employment Rights Bill
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 4658472
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The 'good jobs' employment rights consultation proposed to introduce a right to up to five days of leave for unpaid, eligible carers over a rolling 12-month period to provide care for a family member or other dependant who has longer-term or otherwise significant care needs. It remains my goal to introduce paid carers' leave entitlement. However, that would be subject to Executive and Assembly approvals and the identification of necessary funding by the Executive. The Ulster University's Economic Policy Centre has been engaged to consider the potential cost of paid entitlement. In addition to the annually recurring costs of providing paid carers' leave, there are implications such as the availability of funding for any HMRC system changes that would be required. Those changes would require considerable set-up costs, and the ongoing costs could be substantial. In parallel, I have asked a cross-departmental senior officials group on carers to look at the options available to support our unpaid carers.
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