Employment Act 1968 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 9 · Maternity Protection and Benefits and Childcare Leave for Parent
81. Dismissal during absence prohibited
Feedback & supportWithout affecting sections 84 and 84A, when a female employee absents herself from work in accordance with the provisions of this Part it is not lawful for her employer to give her notice of dismissal during her absence or on such a day that the notice will expire during her absence.
employee
“employee” means a person who has entered into or works under a contract of service with an employer and includes a workman, and any officer or employee of the Government included in a category, class or description of such officers or employees declared by the President to be employees for the purposes of this Act or any provision thereof, but does not include any of the following:(a)any seafarer;(b)any domestic worker;(c) (d)any person belonging to any other class of persons whom the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, declare not to be employees for the purposes of this Act;