Section 68A Employment Rights Act 1996

Section 68A of the Employment Rights Act 1996 is about Meaning of ending the supply of an agency worker on maternity grounds. It provides as follows:

(1) For the purposes of this Part the supply of an agency worker to a hirer is ended on maternity grounds if, in consequence of action taken pursuant to a provision listed in subsection (2), the supply of the agency worker to the hirer is ended on the ground that she is pregnant, has recently given birth or is breastfeeding a child.   

(2) The provisions are—

(a)regulations 8(3) or 9(2) of the Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Health and Safety at Work) Regulations 1997;

(b)regulation 16A(2) or 17A of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999; or

(c)regulation 20 of the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003.

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