§ 80 — Notice of confinement

80.—(1) A female employee must, at least one week before absenting herself from work in accordance with section 76, give notice to her employer specifying the date on which she intends to commence absenting herself from work.(2) A female employee who has been confined must, as soon as practicable, inform her employer of the date on which she was confined.

(3) Any female employee who omits to give notice as required under subsection (1) or fails to inform her employer as required under subsection (2) is entitled to only half the amount of any payment to which she is entitled to under this Part unless she was prevented by any sufficient cause from giving the notice.

(4) A female employee may at any time in writing nominate some other person to whom any payment to which she is entitled under this Part may be paid on her behalf; and any such payment made to the person so nominated is deemed, for the purpose of this Act, to be payment to the female employee who nominated the person.

—(1) A female employee must, at least one week before absenting herself from work in accordance with section 76, give notice to her employer specifying the date on which she intends to commence absenting herself from work.

(2) A female employee who has been confined must, as soon as practicable, inform her employer of the date on which she was confined.

(3) Any female employee who omits to give notice as required under subsection (1) or fails to inform her employer as required under subsection (2) is entitled to only half the amount of any payment to which she is entitled to under this Part unless she was prevented by any sufficient cause from giving the notice.

(4) A female employee may at any time in writing nominate some other person to whom any payment to which she is entitled under this Part may be paid on her behalf; and any such payment made to the person so nominated is deemed, for the purpose of this Act, to be payment to the female employee who nominated the person.