Work and Families Act 2006 (c. 18)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1 Leave and pay related to birth or adoption: further amendments

Employment Rights Act 1996 (c. 18)

31 In section 71 of ERA 1996 (ordinary maternity leave), for subsection (3) substitute—

“(3) Regulations under subsection (2)—

(a) shall secure that, where an employee has a right to leave under this section, she is entitled to an ordinary maternity leave period of at least 26 weeks;

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

(c) may specify circumstances in which an employee may work for her employer during an ordinary maternity leave period without bringing the period to an end.”