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INTO Advice Latest Updates
These pages are updated regularly by the Conditions of Employment & Leadership section. Follow #INTOAdvice for updates.
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Assault Leave
This scheme is separate from the illness leave scheme. Read advice on dealing with assaults and violence at school.
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Brief Absences
The term ‘brief absences’ encompasses short-term occasional absences sanctioned for teachers during the school year.
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Career Breaks
Registered teachers that have completed at least twelve months continuous service with the same employer are eligible to apply for career break.
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Carer’s Leave
Carer’s leave is a period of unpaid leave for a teacher to look after someone in need of full-time care.
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Parental Leave
Parental leave is unpaid leave available to teachers for the purpose of caring for children.
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Parent’s Leave
Parent’s Leave is a statutory entitlement to five additional weeks of leave available to both parents of children born on or after 1 November 2019, which must be taken within the first two years after birth.
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Maternity / Adoptive / Paternity Leave
Find out all about your entitlements while on maternity, adoptive or paternity leave and how to apply for each scheme.
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Secondments
A secondment is when a teacher is temporarily released from their teaching post to work with another organisation/body, doing work that is beneficial to the educational system.
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Sick Leave
Permanent, CID-holding, fixed-term, and non-casual substitute teachers will have access to paid sick leave under the public service sick leave scheme.
