27Transitional maternity leave provisions for maternity leave beginning on or after transfer day

27 Transitional maternity leave provisions for maternity leave beginning on or after transfer day

(1) This section applies if: (a) a woman who was an employee of the Corporation immediately before the transfer day becomes an employee of the Company under section 14; and (b) within 12 months after the transfer day, the woman would have been entitled to begin leave granted under the Maternity Leave Act if this Act had not been enacted and the woman had continued to be employed by the Corporation. (2) On and after the transfer day, the Maternity Leave Act continues to apply to the woman in relation to the confinement in respect of which she would have been entitled to leave as if the Company were a prescribed authority for the purposes of that Act.