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105.—(1) An employee who satisfies prescribed conditions may be absent from work at any time during an additional maternity leave period.
(2) An additional maternity leave period is a period calculated in accordance with regulations made by the Department.
[F2(3) Regulations under paragraph (2)—
(a)may allow an employee [F3to bring forward the date on which an additional maternity leave period ends, subject to prescribed restrictions and also to satisfying prescribed conditions,]
[F4(aa)may allow an employee in prescribed circumstances to revoke, or to be treated as revoking, the bringing forward of that date,]
(b)may specify circumstances in which an employee may work for her employer during an additional maternity leave period without bringing the period to an end.]
[F5(3A) Provision under paragraph (3)(a) is to secure that an employee may bring forward the date on which an additional maternity leave period ends only if the employee or another person has taken, or is taking, prescribed steps as regards shared parental leave under Article 107E or statutory shared parental pay in respect of the child.]
(4) Subject to Article 106, an employee who exercises her right under paragraph (1)—
(a)is entitled, for such purposes and to such extent as may be prescribed, to the benefit of the terms and conditions of employment which would have applied if she had not been absent,
(b)is bound, for such purposes and to such extent as may be prescribed, by obligations arising under those terms and conditions (except in so far as they are inconsistent with paragraph (1)), and
(c)is entitled to return from leave to a job of a prescribed kind.
(5) In paragraph (4)(a) “terms and conditions of employment”
(a)includes matters connected with an employee's employment whether or not they arise under her contract of employment, but
(b)does not include terms and conditions about remuneration.
[F6(5A) In paragraph (4)(c), the reference to return from leave includes, where appropriate, a reference to a continuous period of absence attributable partly to additional maternity leave and partly to ordinary maternity leave.]
(6) The Department may make regulations specifying matters which are, or are not, to be treated as remuneration for the purposes of this Article.
(7) The Department may make regulations making provision, in relation to the right to return under paragraph (4)(c), about—
(a)seniority, pension rights and similar rights;
(b)terms and conditions of employment on return.]
F2Art. 105(3) substituted (1.9.2006) by Work and Families (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1947 (N.I. 16)), arts. 1(3), 13(1), Sch. 1 para. 31; S.R. 2006/344, art. 2(b)(c)
F3Words in art. 105(3)(a) substituted (15.3.2015) by Work and Families Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 1), ss. 3(3)(a), 23(1); S.R. 2015/86, art. 3(1)(c)
F4Art. 105(3)(aa) inserted (15.3.2015) by Work and Families Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 1), ss. 3(3)(b), 23(1); S.R. 2015/86, art. 3(1)(c)
F5Art. 105(3A) inserted (15.3.2015) by Work and Families Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 1), ss. 3(3)(c), 23(1); S.R. 2015/86, art. 3(1)(c)
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