Number 2/1981: MATERNITY PROTECTION OF EMPLOYEES ACT, 1981

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Number 2 of 1981

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MATERNITY PROTECTION OF EMPLOYEES ACT, 1981

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Part I

Preliminary and General

Section
1.	Short title and commencement.
2.	Interpretation.
3.	Persons to whom Parts II and III apply.
4.	Orders and regulations.
5.	Voidance or modification of certain provisions in agreements.
6.	Expenses.

Part II

Maternity Leave

7.	Definitions for Part II.
8.	Entitlement to maternity leave.
9.	Notification to employer.
10.	Allocation of minimum period of maternity leave.
11.	Variation in allocation of minimum period of maternity leave.
12.	Extension of maternity leave.
13.	Commencement of maternity leave (early confinement).
14.	Entitlement to additional maternity leave.
15.	Preservation or suspension of certain rights, etc. while on maternity or additional maternity leave.
16.	Right to time off from work for ante-natal or post-natal care.
17.	Voidance of certain purported terminations of employment, etc.
18.	Extension of certain notices of termination of employment or of certain suspensions.
19.	Provisions regarding periods of probation, training and apprenticeship.

Part III

Right to Return to Work

20.	General right to return to work on expiry of maternity leave, etc.
21.	Right to suitable alternative employment in certain circumstances on return to work.
22.	Notification of intention to return to work.
23.	Postponement of return to work.

Part IV

Amendment or Application of Other Enactments

24.	Amendment of section 2 (2) of Act of 1977.
25.	Amendment of section 6 (2) of Act of 1977.
26.	Provisions applying where employee not permitted to return to work.
27.	Disputes regarding entitlement under this Act.
28.	Amendment of Schedule 3 to Redundancy Payments Act, 1967.

Acts Referred to
Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Act, 1973	1973, No. 4
Redundancy Payments Act, 1967	1967, No. 21
Redundancy Payments Act, 1979	1979, No. 7
Redundancy payment Acts, 1967 to 1979
Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1981	1981, No. 1
Unfair Dismissals Act, 1977	1977, No. 10

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Number 2 of 1981

MATERNITY PROTECTION OF EMPLOYEES ACT, 1981

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. [26th March, 1981]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: