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Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978

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Version Superseded: 10/06/1994

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56 Failure to permit woman to return to work after confinement treated as dismissal.E+W+S

Where an employee is entitled to return to work and has exercised her right to return in accordance with section 47 but is not permitted to return to work, then [F1subject to section 56A] she shall be treated for the purposes of this Part as if she had been employed until the notified day of return, and, if she would not otherwise be so treated, as having been continuously employed until that day, and as if she had been dismissed with effect from that day for the reason for which she was not permitted to return.

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