The commencement dates for an employee's maternity leave period vary depending on a number of factors. The dates are as follows:
| Ordinary maternity leave period |
The date that she has notified her employer as being the date on which she intends her maternity leave to start |
This must be no earlier than the beginning of the 11th week before the expected week of childbirth |
Where this is earlier, the day following the first day after the beginning of the fourth week before the expected week of childbirth on which she is absent from work wholly or partly because of pregnancy |
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Otherwise, the day following the one on which childbirth occurred |
This will be relevant where childbirth occurs prematurely |
| Additional maternity leave period |
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The day after the last day of her ordinary maternity leave period |
Employees who qualify for ordinary maternity leave also qualify for additional maternity leave |
Liveflo provides a calculator enabling you to determine the earliest date on which the employee can start her maternity leave. The calculator is available along with four other calculators on the Maternity leave and pay workflow.
An employee whose maternity leave commences because childbirth occurs prematurely or because of absence for a pregnancy-related reason must inform her employer, as soon as reasonably practicable, that she has given birth and of the date on which the birth occurred or of her absence for a pregnancy-related reason and the date on which it began. XpertHR provides answers to FAQs on maternity leave start dates:
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