Maternity Protection Act, 1994
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Ending of leave under section 18 where no change of circumstances. |
19.—(1) Subject to subsection (2) and section 20 , leave granted to an employee under section 18 shall end— | |
(a) in the case of leave granted to a pregnant employee, immediately before her maternity leave begins; and | ||
(b) in any other case, on the date on which she ceases to be an employee to whom this Part applies. | ||
(2) Where an employee to whom leave is granted under section 18 is employed under a contract for a fixed term and that term expires before the day which, apart from this subsection, would be the day on which that leave would end, then— | ||
(a) the last day of the leave so granted to her shall be the day on which the term expires; and | ||
(b) nothing in this Part shall affect the termination of the employee's contract of employment on that day. |