Section 2 Maternity, adoption and shared parental leave: redundancyI1

The Employment Rights Act 1996 is amended as follows.

In section 74 (maternity leave: redundancy and dismissal), in subsection (1), after “during” insert “, or after,”.

In section 75C (adoption leave: redundancy and dismissal), in subsection (1), for paragraphs (a) and (b) and the words after paragraph (b) substitute—

“(a)

redundancy during, or after, an ordinary or additional adoption leave period, or

(b)

dismissal (other than by reason of redundancy) during an ordinary or additional adoption leave period.”.

In section 75J (shared parental leave: redundancy and dismissal), in subsection (1), for paragraphs (a) and (b) and the words after paragraph (b) substitute—

“(a)

redundancy during, or after, a period of leave under that section, or

(b)

dismissal (other than by reason of redundancy) during a period of leave under that section.”.