SCHEDULES

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

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

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In Article 105 (additional maternity leave), for paragraph (3) substitute—

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Regulations under paragraph (2)—

a

may allow an employee to choose, subject to prescribed restrictions, the date on which an additional maternity leave period ends;

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.