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Is it possible to have time off without get paid?

  • 25-08-2010 4:36pm
    #1
    HumanAfterAll
    Closed Accounts Posts: 52 ✭✭


    Hi,

    Is it possible in Ireland to have, for example, two months per year where you don't work and don't get paid wihout the need of finish and renew your contract?

    Cheers.


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  • #2
    Casey_81
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 246 ✭✭Casey_81


    It depends on your employer.. I currently have an arrangement with my employer for a certain number of unpaid leave days spread over a couple of months as I am completing a course..

    I have heard of people taking a week or two as part of their honeymoon, or new dads taking some unpaid time.. but never more than a week or two.


  • #3
    filthymcnasty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 644 ✭✭✭filthymcnasty


    Yes it depends on your employer, in quieter periods you may get a few months leave unpaid.
    However usually this would just be a one off, ie its unlikely to granted year after year. My own employers were actually encouraging this early last year as things had gotten pretty slow.


  • #4
    D.McC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 180 ✭✭D.McC


    Not really. While some of the posters have received unpaid time off by their employers, it was more to do with the motives of the employer rather than the employee’s wishes.

    All leave from work must be paid. The exceptions to this would be sick leave / study leave. An employer is under no obligation to pay the employee for either of these.

    You can request a leave of absence from you employer, but these requests are usually for periods of at lease 6mths.


  • #5
    HumanAfterAll
    Closed Accounts Posts: 52 ✭✭HumanAfterAll


    D.McC wrote: »
    You can request a leave of absence from you employer, but these requests are usually for periods of at lease 6mths.

    That's what I'm gonna do.

    Thanks!


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