Section 27 | Dismissal following period of statutory family leave

(1)Part 8 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (leave for family reasons) is amended as follows.

(2)In section 74 (maternity leave: redundancy and dismissal), in subsection (2), after “during” insert “, or after,”.

(3)In section 75C (adoption leave: redundancy and dismissal), in subsection (1)(b), after “during” insert “, or after,”.

(4)In section 75J (shared parental leave: redundancy and dismissal), in subsection (1)(b), after “during” insert “, or after,”.

(5)In section 80D (paternity leave: special cases)—

(a)in subsection (1A)(b), after “bereaved employee” insert “, or dismissal of a bereaved employee (other than by reason of redundancy),”;

(b)in subsection (3)(b), for the words from “where” to the end substitute “where the relevant person dies.

(6)In section 80EH (neonatal care leave: special cases), in subsection (1)(b), after “during” insert “or after”.