Section 7 — Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act 1987: Entitlement of female employee to maternity leave

7 Entitlement of female employee to maternity leave Except as otherwise provided in this Act, every female employee— (a) Who becomes pregnant; and (b) who, at the expected date of delivery, will have been in the employment of the same employer for at least an average of 10 hours a week over— (i) the immediately preceding 12 months; or (ii) the immediately preceding 6 months,— shall be entitled to maternity leave in accordance with this Act. Compare: 1980 No 162 s 5 Paragraph (b) was amended, as from 1 July 2002, by section 11 Parental Leave And Employment Protection (Paid Parental Leave) Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 7) by substituting the words “ for at least an average of 10 hours a week during that period ” for the words “ for at least 10 hours in each week ” . Paragraph (b) was substituted, as from 1 December 2004, by section 9 Parental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 89). See section 4 of that Act for the application of this amendment. See section 23 of that Act for the transitional provision relating to the giving of notice.