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leave.
Sir,
I turn now to the question
of
maternity
employer
is
Aid, however,
Under the Employment Ordinance, an
required to give six weeks' post-natal leave. The Codes of
state that a teacher may return to work
between four and six weeks after giving birth, subject to
medical advice. After consultation with the Commissioner
for Labour, it was clear to the Education Department that a
teacher must be given the legal minimum of six weeks'
post-natal leave. The Codes of Aid have therefore been
amended to provide for this, and school managements have
been SO informed. Since this was a legal requirement по
consultation was felt to be
Department is now
studying
the
necessary.
The Education
implications for existing
le.
2.
contracts.
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