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No. 2/1981:
MATERNITY PROTECTION OF EMPLOYEES ACT, 1981
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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
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PART I PRELIMINARY AND GENERAL
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1 Short title and commencement.
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2 Interpretation.
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3 Persons to whom Parts II and III apply.
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4 Orders and regulations.
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5 Voidance or modification of certain provisions in agreements.
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6 Expenses.
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PART II MATERNITY LEAVE
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7 Definitions for Part II.
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8 Entitlement to maternity leave.
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9 Notification to employer.
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10 Allocation of minimum period of maternity leave.
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11 Variation in allocation of minimum period of maternity leave.
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12 Extension of maternity leave.
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13 Commencement of maternity leave (early confinement).
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14 Entitlement to additional maternity leave.
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15 Preservation or suspension of certain rights, etc while on maternity or additional maternity leave.
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16 Right to time off from work for antenatal or post-natal care.
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17 Voidance of certain purported terminations of employment, etc,.
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18 Extension of certain notices of termination of employment or of certain suspensions.
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19 Provisions regarding periods of probation, training and apprenticeship.
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PART III RIGHT TO RETURN TO WORK
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20 General right to return to work on expiry of maternity leave, etc.
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21 Right to suitable alternative employment in certain circumstances on return to work.
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22 Notification of intention to return to work.
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23 Postponement of return to work.
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PART IV AMENDMENT OR APPLICATION OF OTHER ENACTMENTS
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24 Amendment of section 2 (2) of Act of 1977.
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25 Amendment of section 6 (2) of Act of 1977.
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26 Provisions applying where employee not permitted to return to work.
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27 Disputes regarding entitlement under this Act.
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28 Amendment of Schedule 3 to Redundancy Payments Act, 1967.
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AN ACT TO ENTITLE FEMALE EMPLOYEES TO MATERNITY LEAVE, TO RETURN TO WORK AFTER SUCH LEAVE AND TO TIME OFF FROM WORK FOR ANTENATAL AND POST-NATAL CARE, TO EXTEND AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THE ABOVE-MENTIONED PROVISIONS THE PROTECTION AGAINST UNFAIR DISMISSAL CONFERRED BY THE UNFAIR DISMISSALS ACT, 1977 , AND TO MAKE OTHER PROVISIONS CONNECTED WITH THE ABOVE-MENTIONED MATTERS.
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[26th March, 1981]
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:
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