Section 71U — Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act 1987: Obligation to notify early return to work, etc
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71U Obligation to notify early return to work, etc (1) An employee must give notice if, during the period for which the employee is receiving a parental leave payment under this Part,— (a) the employee returns to work; or (b) the employee's fixed term employment ends; or (c) the employee resigns from his or her employment. (1A) A self-employed person must give notice if, during the period for which the person is receiving a parental leave payment under this Part,— (a) the self-employed person returns to work; or (b) the person ceases self-employment. (2) The notification must be made in the manner prescribed in regulations and specify the matters, and be accompanied by the documents, prescribed in regulations. Part 7A (comprising sections 71A to 71ZA) was inserted, as from 1 July 2002, by section 4(2) Parental Leave And Employment Protection (Paid Parental Leave) Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 7). Subsection (1A) was inserted, as from 1 July 2006, by section 40 Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Paid Parental Leave for Self-Employed Persons) Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 20). See section 5 of that Act for the application of this amendment.
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