S.L. 452.110 Art. 7Maternity and other leave and banking of hours.

(1) When an employee participating in a scheme for banking of hours takes maternity leave or other paid leave not referred to in regulation 6, that employee shall receive the normal wages which may be due in respect of the maternity leave or other leave, as the case may be, and the provision of regulation 5(5)(c) shall continue to apply. During such leave, such an employee shall be considered to have worked the same number of hours scheduled to be worked by virtue of such a scheme, whether these are above or below the normal hours usually worked outside the scheme, and such banked hours shall be considered to have been credited or debited, as the case may be, and be considered for all intents and purposes, in the same way as would apply to similar hours credited or debited by other employees participating in such a scheme.

(2) When an employee participating in a scheme for banking of hours is on unpaid leave, he shall be considered to have worked the same number of hours scheduled to be worked by virtue of such a scheme, whether these are above or below the normal hours usually worked outside the scheme, and such banked hours shall be considered to have been credited or debited, as the case may be, and be considered for all intents and purposes in the same way as would apply to similar hours credited or debited by other employees participating in such a scheme.