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Amended Unemployment Insurance (UIF) Act
24. Right to maternity benefits
as amended by the
Amendment - Unemployment Insurance Act
Chapter 3 : Claiming benefits
Part D : Maternity benefits
24. Right to maternity benefits
(1)
Subject to section 14, a contributor who is pregnant is entitled to the
maternity benefits contemplated in this Part for any period of
pregnancy or delivery and the period thereafter, if application is made
in accordance with prescribed requirements and the provisions of this
Part.
(2)
[Deleted]
(3) When
taking into account any maternity leave paid to the contributor in
terms of any other law or any collective agreement or contract of
employment, the maternity benefit may not be more than the remuneration
the contributor would have received if the contributor had not been on
maternity leave.
(4) For
purposes of this section the maximum period of maternity leave is 17,32
[N1] weeks.
(5) A contributor who has a miscarriage during the third trimester or bears a still-born child is entitled to a maximum maternity benefit of six weeks after the miscarriage or stillbirth.
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