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141 Re-employment after maternity leave
(1) This section applies to a former fixed-term employee if the former
employee applies for fixed-term employment within 24 months of
beginning a period of maternity leave if the former employee’s
employment ended during a period of unpaid maternity leave.
(2) The head of service must consider the former employee’s application
before any other applicant, and if the former employee is an eligible
person for the employment the former employee must be employed.
(3) If 2 or more former employees to whom this section applies apply for
the same employment, the head of service must undertake a
comparative assessment of the former employees and employ the
most suitable.
maternity leave means maternity leave under an industrial