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SCHEDULE 7Emergency volunteering leave
PART 2Effect of taking emergency volunteering leave
Right to return
6
(1)
An employee who returns to work after a period of emergency volunteering leave is entitled to return from leave to the job in which they were employed before the absence.
(2)
The right to return under this paragraph is a right to return—
(a)
with the employee’s seniority, pension and similar rights as they would have been if the employee had not been absent, and
(b)
on terms and conditions no less favourable than those which would have applied if the employee had not been absent.