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(2) The employer may require the employee to take a period of unpaid parental leave (the period of leave ) as soon as practicable if: (a) the employee does not give the employer the requested certificate within 7 days after the request; or (b) within 7 days after the request, the employee gives the employer a medical certificate stating that the employee is not fit for work; or (c) the following subparagraphs are satisfied: (i) within 7 days after the request, the employee gives the employer a medical certificate stating that the employee is fit for work, but that it is inadvisable for the employee to continue in her present position for a stated period for a reason referred to in subparagraph (1)(b)(i) or (ii); (ii) section 81 does not apply to the employee. Note: If the medical certificate contains a statement as referred to in subparagraph (c)(i) and section 81 applies to the employee, the employee is entitled under that section to be transferred to a safe job, or to paid no safe job leave.