Section 12
Subsection 37(1) of the principal Act is amended—
of Employment (Amendment) Act 2022
Amendment ActIn forceProvision 12 of 46
Section 12
(a)
by substituting for paragraph (aa) the following paragraph:
“(aa) Where a female employee is entitled to maternity leave under subparagraph (a)(i), whether or not she is entitled to receive maternity allowance from her employer for the eligible period under paragraph (c), or whether or not she has fulfilled the conditions set out in paragraph (2)(a), she may, with the consent of her employer, commence work at any time during the eligible period if she has been certified fit to resume work by a registered medical practitioner.”; and
(b)
in subparagraph (d)(ii), by substituting for the word
“sixty” the word “ninety-eight”.