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SCHEDULES

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

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

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

(3) 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..