A notice of termination of employment given in respect of an employee or a suspension from employment imposed on an employee -

(a) before the employee commences a period of paternity leave, or

(b) before the receipt by the employee's employer of a notification in accordance with subsection (2) or (5) of section 7, section 11(1), 12(5), 13(2), 14(2), 15(3) or, where appropriate, under section 24,

and due to expire during the employee's absence from work on the leave concerned shall be extended by the period of such absence.