S.L. 452.88 Art. 4Urgent leave on grounds of force majeure.

(1) All employees, shall be entitled to time off from work on grounds of for urgent family reasons in cases of force majeure sickness or accident making the immediate presence of the employee indispensable.

(2) The circumstances covered by subregulation (1) shall include:

(a) accidents to members of the immediate family of the employee;

(b) the sudden illness or sickness of any member of the immediate family of the employee requiring the assistance or the presence of the employee;

(c) the presence during births and deaths of members of the immediate family of the employee.

(3) For the purposes of this regulation, ''immediate family'' means the husband, wife and married or unmarried children, as well as family relations up to the first degree, and whether living in the same household or not and persons having legal custody of a child.