A new employee has just announced that she is pregnant. Is she entitled to maternity leave?
She will be entitled to 26 weeks’ ordinary maternity leave, irrespective of her length of service, provided that she gives you proper notice. In most cases , employees will also be entitled to maternity pay (see question 5) or maternity allowance (see question 21) during this period. In order to qualify for ordinary maternity leave, your employee must notify you by the end of the 15th week before the week in which the baby is due (or if that is not reasonably practicable, as soon as is reasonably practicable) of: · her pregnancy; · the expected week of childbirth; · the date on which she intends to start ordinary maternity leave.
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