This Bill provides that an employee who is absent from work on additional maternity leave shall benefit from all employment rights associated with the employment – except remuneration and superannuation benefits – such as seniority and annual leave entitlements. In addition, all employment rights shall be unaffected during an employee's paid absence from work to avail of new entitlements under this Bill to paid time off from work to attend ante-natal classes and to breastfeed. I shall detail these new entitlements later, which incidentally will require regulations to be put in place after the enactment of the Bill.