Death of the child. This clause applies if: • an employee gives birth to a living child but the child later dies and • when the child died, the employee was on maternity leave.
Death of the child. 18.1 If the child dies before they reach age 18, the account will end and we will close it as explained in Condition
Death of the child. This clause applies if: • an employee gives birth to a living child but the child later dies and • when the child died, the employee was on maternity leave. If the employee was on paid maternity leave: • the employee may continue on paid maternity leave up to a maximum of 6 weeks, calculated from the date the employee commenced maternity leave; or • if the employee has already accessed 6 weeks or more of paid maternity leave, paid maternity leave will cease immediately. If the employee was on unpaid maternity leave, or had already accessed 6 weeks or more of paid maternity leave, the employee may continue on or may take unpaid maternity leave. At the expiry of any available paid maternity leave in accordance with 31.12.a the employee may access unpaid maternity leave or leave for own illness/injury. The employee may apply to shorten the period of maternity leave under clause 31.10. The Company may give the employee written notice that, from a stated date, any unpaid maternity leave is cancelled with effect from that date. The date stated in the notice must, unless otherwise agreed between the employee and the Company, be no earlier than the date that is 4 weeks after the date the notice was given. However in no case will the date be earlier than 6 weeks after the birth. The employee’s maternity leave is cancelled from the date stated in the notice.
