Section 80EI — Employment Rights Act 1996: Chapter 5: supplemental

Chapter 5: supplemental 80EI 1 Regulations under section 80EF may—

a specify circumstances where neonatal care is to be regarded as continuous despite an interruption;

b make provision about notices to be given, evidence to be produced and other procedures to be followed by employees and employers;

c make provision requiring employers or employees to keep records;

d make provision for the consequences of failure to give notices, to produce evidence, to keep records or to comply with other procedural requirements;

e make provision for the consequences of failure to act in accordance with a notice given by virtue of paragraph (b) ;

f make special provision for cases where an employee has a right which corresponds to a right under section 80EF and which arises under the person’s contract of employment or otherwise;

g make provision modifying the effect of Chapter 2 of Part 14 (calculation of a week’s pay) in relation to an employee who is or has been absent from work on leave under section 80EF ;

h make provision applying, modifying or excluding an enactment, in such circumstances as may be specified and subject to any conditions which may be specified, in relation to a person entitled to take leave under section 80EF ;

i make different provision for different cases or circumstances;

j make consequential provision.

2 The cases or circumstances mentioned in subsection (1)(i) include—

a more than one child (with whom an employee has a parental or other personal relationship) receiving neonatal care in specified circumstances;

b a child receiving neonatal care on two or more separate occasions; and regulations may, in particular, make special provision regarding the applicability and extent of the entitlement to leave in such circumstances.