The National Minimum Wage Act, 2000, is amended in section 8(2) by the substitution for subparagraph (ii) of the following subparagraph:

"(ii) time spent absent from work on annual leave, sick leave, protective leave, adoptive leave, parental leave, carer's leave under the Carer's Leave Act, 2001, while laid-off, on strike or on 'lock-out', or time for which the employee is paid in lieu of notice, or".