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Compulsory Maternity Leave for employees
The employee can choose when to start her Maternity Leave, however it is illegal for a pregnant employee to work within the 2 week period of having given birth.
A breach of this will mean that the employer will be fined.
This is a summary offence, there is no defence.
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