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Maternity leave gives you the right to take up to a year if you’re having a baby.
Maternity leave entitles employees to 52 weeks of Statutory Leave if given the correct notice. Employees are not forced to take the full 52 weeks if they don’t want to.
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Fathers also get leave to spend time with their new children take a look at our paternity leave checklist.
Maternity Leave Checklist
Time to spend time with a new child.
Received Notification Date
Staff Member
Name and Department.
Legal Rights
Confirmation Letter
Confirmation Letter of pregancy.
Return Date
Notify expected date of return from leave.
Maternity Certificate
UK – MATB1 – Certificate.
Antenatal Dates
Antenatal care dates.
Risk Assessment
Health and safety risk assessment.
Annual Leave
Using annual leave entitlement.
Contact
Appropriate level of contact
Contact whilst on leave? Email or phone?
Sick Leave
Maternity sick leave.
Work Cover
How work will be covered? Internal or recruitment.
Keeping in Touch
UK – Keeping in Touch Days (KIT Days) employee may work for up to 10 days during her leave.
Overlap / Training
Overlap time required to get cover trained to cover?
NOTE: Statutory Maternity is 52 weeks. It’s made up of
Ordinary Leave – first 26 weeks
Additional Leave – last 26 weeks
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