Clause 3

in subsection (1), replace “Sections 77 to 84A and 86 of the Employment Act 1968 apply to a payment under section 9 and to any female employee to whom this Part applies” with “Subject to subsection (1A), sections 77 to 82, 84, 84A and 86 of the Employment Act 1968 apply to any female employee who is entitled to absent herself from work or receive payment from her employer under section 9, and to such payment from her employer,”;

in subsection (1)(c), replace “Part 3” with “section 9”;

after subsection (1), insert —“(1A) Section 80 of the Employment Act 1968 applies to a female employee who is entitled to absent herself from work under section 9 in respect of her confinement on or after 1 April 2025, with the following modifications:

a reference in section 80(1) of the Employment Act 1968 to “section 76” is a reference to section 9;

the requirement to give notice under section 80(1) of the Employment Act 1968 does not apply to the female employee, if the female employee’s intended absence from work under section 9 is —

for any period of a duration that is agreed between the female employee and her employer under section 9(1), (1A) or (1B); or

for any agreed flexible period under section 9(1A);

the notice period of at least one week under section 80(1) of the Employment Act 1968 is modified to a notice period of at least the prescribed period (or any shorter period agreed between the female employee and her employer), if the female employee’s intended absence from work is for any period under section 9 that is not mentioned in paragraph (b);

a reference in section 80(3) and (4) of the Employment Act 1968 to “this Part” is a reference to section 9;

a reference in section 80(4) of the Employment Act 1968 to “this Act” is a reference to this Act.”; and

in subsection (2)(a) and (c), after “12D,”, insert “12DA,”.