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(g)
(h)
Where an Employee continues to work within the six (6) week period immediately prior
to the expected date of birth, the Employee must provide a medical certificate stating
that she is fit to work on her normal duties.
The Employer may require the Employee to start ordinary maternity leave if the
Employee:
(i)
(ii)
does not give the Employer the requested certificate within seven (7) days after
the request; or
within seven (7) days after the request for the certificate, gives the Employer a
medical certificate stating that the Employee is unfit to work.
(i)
(j)
Where a pregnant Employee who has already complied with the requirements of
paragraph (d) provides the CEO with a medical certificate from a medical practitioner
stating that the Employee is fit to work, but illness or risks arising out of the pregnancy
or hazards connected with the work assigned to the Employee make it inadvisable for
the Employee to continue at her present work, the CEO must, if reasonably practicable,
transfer the Employee to a safe job with no other change to the Employee’s terms and
conditions of employment until the commencement of ordinary maternity leave.
If it is not reasonably practicable to transfer the Employee to a safe job, the Employee
may take paid leave, or the Employer may require the Employee to take paid leave
immediately for a period which ends at the earliest of either:
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
the end of the period stated in the medical certificate;
the day before the Employee commences ordinary maternity leave; or
the day before the end of the pregnancy.
(k)
(l)
Where an Employee’s child dies during a period of ordinary maternity leave, the
Employee may continue on leave for a maximum period of 52 weeks from the date of
commencement of leave, unless the Employee elects to resume duty, in which case the
provisions of sub-clause 53.14 apply.
Subject to paragraph (d), where an Employee becomes pregnant whilst on a period of
ordinary maternity leave, the employee can elect to commence another period of leave,
in accordance with sub-clause 53.4(a)(i), 53.4 (a)(ii) or 53.4(a)(iii) from the date of the
birth of the child resulting from the subsequent pregnancy.
53.5 Special Maternity Leave
(a)
In addition to any paid sick leave entitlements available to an Employee, subject to the
requirements of this sub-clause, an Employee who has not yet commenced ordinary
maternity leave is entitled to take special maternity leave where:
(i) She has a pregnancy related illness; or
(ii) She has been at least 12 weeks pregnant and the pregnancy has ended other than by
the birth of a living child.
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