PART VII PREGNANCY, ADOPTION AND PARENTAL LEAVE — Effect of leave on benefits
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Unless an employer and employee otherwise agree, the period of pregnancy, adoption or parental leave does not count towards the application of the rights, benefits and privileges conferred by this Act upon an employee, but the period worked upon resumption of employment after pregnancy, adoption or parental leave shall be considered for the purpose of this Act, to be continuous with the period worked before the pregnancy, adoption or parental leave.
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