Department for Employment and Earning

THE MATERNITY AND PARENTAL LEAVE ETC. AND THE PATERNITY AND ADOPTION LEAVE (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008

Notice is hereby given that the Department for Employment and Learning, in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 70C(2), 105(4), (6) and (7), 107B(4), (7) and (8) and 131(1) of the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996, has made a Statutory Rule entitled The Maternity and Parental Leave etc. and the Paternity and Adoption Leave (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008.

This Statutory Rule amends the provisions of the Maternity and Parental Leave etc. Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 and the Paternity and Adoption Leave Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 respectively. The amendments, which will apply to the parents of children expected to be born or placed for adoption on or after 5 October 2008, remove distinctions between the rights to non-pay benefits of employees on ordinary maternity leave and those on additional maternity leave. Similar distinctions between the rights of employees on ordinary adoption leave and additional adoption leave are also removed.

Printed copies of the Statutory Rule are available from The Stationery Office Bookshop ISBN 9780337975097 priced £5.00.