34. Section 6 of the Act of 1977 is amended—

(a) in subsection (2), by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (i) (inserted by section 33(a)(ii) of the Act of 2016):

“(j) the exercise or proposed exercise by the employee of the right under the Parent’s Leave and Benefit Act 2019 to parent’s leave or transferred parent’s leave within the meaning of that Act.”,

and

(b) in subsection (2A), by the substitution of “(h), (i) or (j)” for “(h) or (i)”.