Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies whenever the present work of a female employee is, because of her pregnancy or breastfeeding, a risk to the health or safety of the employee or of her unborn or newborn child.
(2) The assessment of the risk is to be made on the basis of--
(a) a doctor's certificate given by the employee to the employer; and
(b) the employer's obligations under the Workplace Health and Safety Act 1995.
(3) The employer must temporarily adjust the employee's working conditions or hours of work to avoid exposure to the risk.
(4) If an adjustment is not feasible or can not reasonably be required to be made, the employer must transfer the employee to other appropriate work that--
(a) will not expose her to the risk; and
(b) is, as nearly as possible, comparable in status and remuneration to that of her present work.
(5) If a transfer is not feasible or can not reasonably be required to be made, the employer must grant the employee maternity leave, or any available paid sick leave, for as long as a doctor certifies it is necessary to avoid exposure to the risk.