Maternity Protection Act 1994 (Number 34 of 1994).
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Abstract
This Act contains provisions aimed at regulating maternity leave; allocation of minimum period, extension, including entitlement to time off from work or reduction of working hours for breastfeeding. In particular an employee who is breastfeeding shall be entitled, without loss of pay, at the option of her employer to either—time off from her work for the purpose of breastfeeding in the workplace, or a reduction of her working hours. Furthermore the Act contains provisions on employment protection, such as preservation or suspension of certain rights while on protective leave, etc. Part V resolution of disputes.
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An act to implement Council Directive 92/85/EEC of 19 October 1992 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health at work of pregnant workers and workers who have recently given birth or are breastfeeding, to re-enact with amendments the provisions of the Maternity Protection Of Employees Acts, 1981 and 1991, to entitle a male employee to leave in certain cases where the mother of his child dies, to extend as a consequence of the above-mentioned provisions the protection against unfair dismissals conferred by The Unfair Dismissals Act, 1977, and to provide for related matters.
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All Acts up to and including the Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (2/2020), enacted 14 October 2020, and all statutory instruments up to and including the Disability, Equality, Human Rights, Integration and Reception (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 436 of 2020), made 13 October 2020, were considered in the preparation of this Revised Act.
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English
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