Special Surrogacy Leave. (a) Where the pregnancy of an Employee not then on parental leave terminates other than by the birth of a living child, the Employee may take leave for such periods as a registered medical practitioner certifies as necessary, as follows:
Special Surrogacy Leave. Where the pregnancy of an Employee not then on parental leave terminates other than by the birth of a living child, the Employee may take leave for such periods as a registered medical practitioner certifies as necessary, as follows: where the pregnancy terminates during the first 20 weeks, during the certified period/s the Employee is entitled to access any paid and/or unpaid personal/carer’s leave entitlements in accordance with clause 51; where the pregnancy terminates after the completion of 20 weeks, during the certified period/s the Employee is entitled to paid special surrogacy leave not exceeding the amount of paid surrogacy leave available under this clause 56.1. Public holidays during a period of paid surrogacy leave Where a Public Holiday occurs during a period of paid surrogacy leave, the Public Holiday is not to be regarded as part of the paid surrogacy leave and the Employer will grant the Employee a day off in lieu, to be taken by the Employee immediately following the period of paid surrogacy leave.
