Part I Maternity Leave and Parental Leave New Part VIII of Employment Rights Act 1996
Employment Relations Act 1999 (1999 c 26) | Legislation

SCHEDULE 4 Leave for Family Reasons etc

Sections 7, 8 and 9

Part I Maternity Leave and Parental Leave New Part VIII of Employment Rights Act 1996

“Part VIII
Chapter I
Maternity Leave
71 Ordinary maternity leave

(1)     An employee may, provided that she satisfies any conditions which may be prescribed, be absent from work at any time during an ordinary maternity leave period.

(2)     An ordinary maternity leave period is a period calculated in accordance with regulations made by the Secretary of State.

(3)     Regulations under subsection (2)—

(a)     shall secure that no ordinary maternity leave period is less than 18 weeks;

(b)     may allow an employee to choose, subject to any prescribed restrictions, the date on which an ordinary maternity leave period starts.

(4)     Subject to section 74, an employee who exercises her right under subsection (1)—

(a)     is entitled to the benefit of the terms and conditions of employment which would have applied if she had not been absent,

(b)     is bound by any obligations arising under those terms and conditions (except in so far as they are inconsistent with subsection (1)), and

(c)     is entitled to return from leave to the job in which

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