Let’s suppose that one of your employees, who is currently on maternity leave, has just informed you that she won’t be returning to work when it ends. Is that the end of the matter?
Published 10.10.2017
You recently received an early return to work from maternity leave notification. However, the employee has now said that she wishes to withdraw her notice and take her full maternity leave
entitlement. Can she do this?
Published 14.06.2022
Whilst an employee was on Additional Maternity Leave, you carried out a business reorganisation meaning her old job is no longer available. What must you offer her as “suitable alternative
employment”?
Published 08.03.2007
One of your employees is pregnant and will soon be going on maternity leave. Is she legally entitled to return to exactly the same job once her period of maternity leave ends?
Published 15.12.2017
An employee can’t take accrued holiday entitlement during a period of maternity leave - it must be taken at another time. But what’s the situation if the employee is unable to take their accrued
holiday during the same holiday leave year?
Published 07.02.2023
You’re worried that an employee who’s recently gone on maternity leave will be handing you a flexible working request, possibly for part-time hours, just prior to her return. Is there any way to
prevent this?
Published 10.05.2016
Every one in nine pregnancies ends in a premature birth. Where a woman gives birth prematurely, when does her maternity leave start and what new statutory right is on the cards for parents of
premature babies?
Published 31.03.2022
You know that a pregnant employee is entitled to maternity leave and, in most cases, to statutory maternity pay. However, what’s the position where an employee who is still on maternity leave tells
you that she’s pregnant again?
Published 03.06.2005
There are only a few weeks to go before a pregnant employee goes on maternity leave and she’s just rung in sick. You don’t want to be messed about - you need certainty. So can you rely on this event
to trigger an earlier start date?
Published 25.08.2010