Maternity Protection (Amendment) Act 2004
Amendment of Schedule 3 to Redundancy Payments Act 1967. |
24.—Schedule 3 to the Redundancy Payment Act 1967 is amended— | |
(a) in paragraph 5 (which specifies periods which do not breach continuity of employment) (inserted by section 12 (a) of the Redundancy Payments Act 2003 ) by the substitution of the following subparagraph for subparagraph (c): | ||
“(c) a period during which an employee was absent from work— | ||
(i) while on protective leave or natal care absence, within the meaning of Part IV of the Maternity Protection Act 1994 or to attend ante-natal classes in accordance with section 15A (inserted by section 8 of the Maternity Protection (Amendment) Act 2004), or for breastfeeding in accordance with section 15B (inserted by section 9 of the Maternity Protection (Amendment) Act 2004), of the first-mentioned Act, | ||
(ii) while on parental leave or force majeure leave, or | ||
(iii) while on carer's leave under the Carer's Leave Act 2001 ,”, | ||
and | ||
(b) in paragraph 8A (which specifies absences allowable as reckonable service) (inserted by section 12 (b) of the Redundancy Payments Act 2003 ) by the substitution of the following subparagraph for subparagraph (b): | ||
“(b) a period during which an employee was absent from work— | ||
(i) while on protective leave or natal care absence, within the meaning of Part IV of the Maternity Protection Act 1994 or to attend ante-natal classes in accordance with section 15A (inserted by section 8 of the Maternity Protection (Amendment) Act 2004), or for breastfeeding in accordance with section 15B (inserted by section 9 of the Maternity Protection (Amendment) Act 2004), of the first-mentioned Act, | ||
(ii) while on parental leave or force majeure leave, or | ||
(iii) while on carer's leave under the Carer's Leave Act 2001 ,”. |