An employee is entitled to leave with normal pay owing to pregnance more than 6 weeks before her due date in the following situations, if:
A) following a medical assessment, it is judged that the pregnancy is complicated and continuing to work would put the health of the woman or foetus at risk.
This includes:
B) the pregnancy prevents an illness from being treated, or if the pregnancy makes an illness otherwise unconnected with it - e.g. an existing back, heart, lung or kidney problem - much worse.
C) the special nature of the work or arrangement of the workplace puts the development of the foetus and/or further progress of the pregnancy at risk.
D) a woman’s pregnancy prevents her from doing her job under official rules and regulations, and her employer cannot offer her other suitable employment.
In the cases specified in A-D the employer is entitled to a benefit refund from the first day.