First

Session, 49th General Assembly

Elizabeth II, 2019

BILL 8

AN ACT TO AMEND THE

LABOUR STANDARDS ACT

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Second

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HONOURABLE

CHRISTOPHER MITCHELMORE

Minister of

Advanced Education, Skills and Labour

Ordered to be printed by

the Honourable House of Assembly

EXPLANATORY NOTES

This Bill would amend the Labour

Standards Act to

remove the requirement for

parental leave to begin no later than 35 weeks after a child is born or comes

into the custody or care of a parent; and

require that parental leave come to an end on

the earlier of 61 weeks from the day it began or 96 weeks after a child is born

or comes into the custody or care of a parent.

A BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE LABOUR STANDARDS ACT

Analysis

S.43.3 Amdt.

Parental leave

S.43.5 R&S

End of parental leave

Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and

House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows:

RSNL1990 cL-2

as amended

1. Subsection 43.3(2) of the Labour Standards Act is repealed.

Section 43.5 is repealed and the following

substituted:

End of parental

leave

43.5

(1) Parental leave ends on the earlier of

(a) 61 weeks after it began; or

(b) 96 weeks after the day the child is born or

comes into the care and custody of the parent for the first time.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), parental leave

may end on an earlier day if the employee gives the employer at least 4 weeks'

written notice of that day.

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