Valid from 10/06/1994
27In Schedule 3 to the 1978 Act (rights of employees in period of notice)—
(a)in paragraph 2—
(i)in sub-paragraph (1), after paragraph (b) there shall be inserted—
“(ba)the employee is absent from work wholly or partly because of pregnancy or childbirth; or”,
(ii)in sub-paragraph (1), after the words paragraphs (a), (b) there shall be inserted “ , (ba) ”, and
(iii)in sub-paragraph (2), after the words statutory sick pay, there shall be inserted the words “ maternity pay, statutory maternity pay, ”, and
(b)in paragraph 3(3)—
(i)after paragraph (a) there shall be inserted—
“(aa)in respect of any period during which the employee is absent from work wholly or partly because of pregnancy or childbirth, or”, and
(ii)after the words statutory sick pay, there shall be inserted the words “ maternity pay, statutory maternity pay, ”.