Queensland Consolidated Acts

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT 1999 - SECT 37

(1) This section applies if, before an employee starts maternity leave--

(a) the employee's pregnancy terminates before the expected date of birth, other than by the birth of a living child; or

(b) the employee suffers illness related to her pregnancy.

(2) For as long as a doctor certifies it to be necessary, the employee is entitled to the following types of leave--

(a) unpaid leave (special maternity leave);

(b) paid sick leave, either instead of, or as well as, special maternity leave.