All employees to be entitled to 10 days of paid sick leave  

An employee must obtain a medical certificate to avail of statutory sick pay and it will only cover 70% of wages.

Every worker in Ireland will be entitled to sick pay under a new law agreed by the Government.

The Sick Leave Bill 2022, approved by Cabinet after being brought by Employment Minister Leo Varadkar, will legislate for a statutory sick pay scheme for all employees, phased in over a four-year period.