Seanad debates
Wednesday, 28 May 2003
Maternity Protection (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage.
Senators Cox and Terry referred to the provision for four weeks ante-natal leave. I know of very few women who leave work four weeks prior to giving birth. I know of a young woman who left her employment last Friday and had her baby that night. Section 7, which suggests that employers allow time for one set of ante-natal classes and that a woman attend the others during her maternity leave, cannot be adhered to in most cases. Must an employer inisist on a woman taking four weeks leave? If she remains at work and something happens during that four week period, could her employer be sued?
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