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Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act 1987

Primary carer leave - Provisions applicable to pregnant employees only

16: Ability to perform work

You could also call this:

“What happens if pregnancy affects your job”

If you are pregnant and your pregnancy makes it unsafe or difficult for you to do your job, your employer can move you to a different job for a while. This is to keep you and others safe, and to make sure the work gets done properly. Your employer can only do this temporarily, which means it’s not a permanent change.

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Part 1 Primary carer leave
Provisions applicable to pregnant employees only

16Ability to perform work

  1. Where, by reason of pregnancy, a female employee is unable to perform her work to the safety of herself or others or is incapable of performing her work adequately, her employer may temporarily transfer her from one job to another.

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  • 1980 No 162 s 24