Northern Ireland Statutory Rule
1999
United Kingdom
Maternity and Parental Leave etc. Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999
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What this Act requires
Sections that create concrete duties on businesses or carry penalties. Procedural and definitional sections are folded into the “Browse other sections” expander at the bottom of each group. Click any section title to read the source text on legislation.gov.uk.
Schedules
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For the purposes of this Schedule— “a particular group” is...
The requirements concerning elections referred to in paragraph 2 are...
Conditions of entitlement
The evidence to be produced for the purpose of paragraph...
Except in a case where paragraph 4 or 5 applies,...
Where the employee is the father of the child in...
Where the child in respect of whom the leave is...
Postponement of leave
An employee may not take parental leave in a period...
An employee may not take more than four week’s leave...
For the purposes of paragraph 8, a year is the...
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Citation and commencement
Interpretation
Application
Entitlement to ordinary maternity leave
Entitlement to additional maternity leave
Commencement of maternity leave periods
Duration of maternity leave periods
Compulsory maternity leave
Exclusion of entitlement to remuneration during ordinary maternity leave
Redundancy during maternity leave
Requirement to notify intention to return during a maternity leave period
Requirement to notify intention to return after additional maternity leave
Entitlement to parental leave
Extent of entitlement
When parental leave may be taken
Default provisions in respect of parental leave
Application of terms and conditions during periods of leave
Right to return after additional maternity leave or parental leave
Protection from detriment
Unfair dismissal
Contractual rights to maternity or parental leave
Calculation of a week’s pay
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