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Chapter 7
Occupational sick pay and pregnancy
[ch 7: page 211]A woman absent from work when pregnant due to a pregnancy-related illness is not entitled to full pay just because she is pregnant, unless a term in the contract expressly allows this. Instead she is entitled to the same contractual sick pay as any other employee (North Western Health Board v McKenna [2005] IRLR 895). Employees cannot claim sick pay during maternity leave.