SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1LEAVE AND PAY RELATED TO BIRTH OR ADOPTION: FURTHER AMENDMENTS

The Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (NI 16)

30.  In Article 103 (ordinary maternity leave), for paragraph (3) substitute—

(3) Regulations under paragraph (2)—

(a)shall secure that, where an employee has a right to leave under this Article, 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..