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Statutes of Newfoundland and Labrador 2019

CHAPTER 21

AN ACT TO AMEND THE LABOUR STANDARDS ACT

(Assented to December 6, 2019)

Analysis

        1.   S.43.3 Amdt.
Parental leave

        2.   S.43.5 R&S
End of parental leave


Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows:

RSNL1990 cL-2
as amended

        1. Subsection 43.3(2) of the Labour Standards Act is repealed.

        2. Section 43.5 is repealed and the following substituted:

End of parental leave

   43.5 (1) Parental leave ends on the earlier of

             (a)  61 weeks after it began; or

             (b)  96 weeks after the day the child is born or comes into the care and custody of the parent for the first time.

             (2)  Notwithstanding subsection (1), parental leave may end on an earlier day if the employee gives the employer at least 4 weeks' written notice of that day.

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