{"id":401803,"date":"2026-04-16T15:38:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T15:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/401803\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T15:38:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T15:38:08","slug":"maternity-leave-in-ireland-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/401803\/","title":{"rendered":"Maternity leave in Ireland \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">Are you aware of your rights when it comes to maternity leave in Ireland? Do you know your leave entitlement and the right to return to work? <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">Do you have questions around paid versus unpaid leave? Are you up-to-date on parental leave? Is there anything you wish you knew beforehand? <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">If you have questions on maternity leave, The Irish Times is here to help. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">As part of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/work-q-a\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/work-q-a\/\">Work Q&amp;A series<\/a>, we have assembled a panel of experts in human resources, personal finance, employment law, career progression and coaching, management consultants, and tax advisers to discuss reader queries and offer a professional perspective.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">You can use the form below to submit your question. Please limit your submissions to 400 words or less and please include a phone number.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">Your name and contact details will be confidential and only be used for verification purposes. Any details about your employer will also be anonymised. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-it-article-body__interstitial-link\">[\u00a0<a aria-label=\"Open related story\" class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/work\/2026\/04\/16\/having-a-baby-can-you-and-your-employer-afford-it\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Having a baby: can you and your employer afford it?Opens in new window<\/a>\u00a0]<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">Please note we may not publish a response to every submission we receive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">This column is not intended to replace professional advice and only questions selected for publication can be answered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Are you aware of your rights when it comes to maternity leave in Ireland? Do you know your&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":401804,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[631,61,60,43,1786,143483],"class_list":{"0":"post-401803","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ireland","8":"tag-for-you","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-parenting","13":"tag-work-q-a"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=401803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/401804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=401803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=401803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}