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