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First Session, 49th General Assembly

68 Elizabeth II, 2019

BILL 8

AN ACT TO AMEND THE LABOUR STANDARDS ACT

Received and Read the First Time................................................................

Second Reading............................................................................................

Committee.....................................................................................................

Third Reading...............................................................................................

Royal Assent.................................................................................................

HONOURABLE CHRISTOPHER MITCHELMORE

Minister of Advanced Education, Skills and Labour

Ordered to be printed by the Honourable House of Assembly

EXPLANATORY NOTES

This Bill would amend the Labour Standards Act to

·      remove the requirement for parental leave to begin no later than 35 weeks after a child is born or comes into the custody or care of a parent; and

·       require that parental leave come to an end on the earlier of 61 weeks from the day it began or 96 weeks after a child is born or comes into the custody or care of a parent.


A BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE LABOUR STANDARDS ACT

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 Subsection 43.3(2) of the Labour Standards Act is repealed.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 Section 43.5 is repealed and the following substituted: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.