Voidance of certain purported terminations of employment, etc.
16.—Each of the following shall be void:
(a) any purported termination of or suspension from the employment of an adopting parent while she is absent from work on adoptive leave or additional adoptive leave;
(b) any notice of termination of the employment of an adopting parent given while she is absent from her work on adoptive leave or additional adoptive leave and expiring subsequent to such absence.