PART II MATERNITY LEAVE

F1Application of terms and conditions during ordinary maternity leave F2and additional maternity leave9

1

An employee who takes ordinary maternity leave F3or additional maternity leave—

a

is entitled, during the period of leave, to the benefit of all of the terms and conditions of employment which would have applied if she had not been absent, and

b

is bound, during that period, by any obligations arising under those terms and conditions, subject only to F4the exceptions in sections 71(4)(b) and 73(4)(b) of the 1996 Act.

2

In paragraph (1)(a), “terms and conditions” has the meaning given by F5sections 71(5) and 73(5) of the 1996 Act, and accordingly does not include terms and conditions about remuneration.

3

For the purposes of F6sections 71 and 73 of the 1996 Act, only sums payable to an employee by way of wages or salary are to be treated as remuneration.

F74

In the case of accrual of rights under an employment-related benefit scheme within the meaning given by Schedule 5 to the Social Security Act 1989, nothing in paragraph (1)(a) concerning the treatment of additional maternity leave shall be taken to impose a requirement which exceeds the requirements of paragraph 5 of that Schedule.