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Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act 1987

Primary carer leave - Provisions applicable to pregnant employees only

15: Special leave

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“Pregnant workers can take extra days off before their main parental leave”

If you’re pregnant and have a job, you can take up to 10 days off work without pay for reasons related to your pregnancy. This is called special leave. You can take this leave before you start your main parental leave.

The days you take for special leave don’t count towards your main parental leave or any extra leave you or your partner might take. This means you still get your full parental leave time, even if you’ve taken some special leave.

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Part 1 Primary carer leave
Provisions applicable to pregnant employees only

15Special leave

  1. A female employee who is pregnant is entitled, before taking primary carer leave, to take a total of up to 10 days' special leave without pay for reasons connected with her pregnancy.

  2. No period of special leave taken under subsection (1) by a female employee shall be taken into account in assessing the period of primary carer leave or the period of extended leave to which that female employee or her spouse or partner is entitled in accordance with this Act.

Compare
  • 1980 No 162 s 25
Notes
  • Section 15(1): amended, on , by section 24 of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 8).
  • Section 15(2): amended, on , by section 24 of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 8).
  • Section 15(2): amended, on , by section 8 of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 18).