Maternity Protection of Employees Act, 1981
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Interpretation. |
2.—(1) In this Act— | |
“the Act of 1977” means the Unfair Dismissals Act, 1977 ; | ||
“additional maternity leave” has the meaning assigned to it by section 14 ; | ||
“employee”, except in Part IV , means a person who is in an employment for the time being specified in or under Part I (other than paragraph 7) of the First Schedule to the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1981 , not being an employment specified in or under Part II of that Schedule; | ||
“employer”, in relation to an employee, does not include an employer who employs that employee— | ||
(a) on a permanent basis for less than 18 hours in each week, or | ||
(b) under a contract of employment, or otherwise, for a fixed term of either less than 26 weeks or of which there are less than 26 weeks still to run; | ||
“maternity leave” has the meaning assigned to it by section 8 ; | ||
“the Minister” means the Minister for Labour; | ||
“the successor” has the meaning assigned to it by section 20 . | ||
(2) In this Act a reference to a Part or section is to a Part or section of this Act, unless it is indicated that reference to some other enactment is intended. | ||
(3) In this Act a reference to a subsection or paragraph is to the subsection or paragraph of the provision in which the reference occurs, unless it is indicated that reference to some other provision is intended. |