During additional maternity leave, i.e. the 26 weeks leave allowed after OML, does the employee still accrue holiday entitlement as normal?
Holiday accrual continues in the normal way throughout both ordinary and additional maternity leave. How it would be taken within the holiday year is a different matter as it could be classed as a return to work which has it’s own consequences. If there was a clause in the contract of employment that allowed untaken holiday entitlement to be carried over to the following holiday year, which is not a statutory right, it would then be possible to take it, with suitable notice, upon return to work.
