Source: IRS Employment Review Date: 04/01/2010 Publisher: IRS

Maternity provision and return to work: the IRS survey

TOPICS:
pay and benefits statutory rates and benefits
terms, conditions and employee rights working time and leave
working patterns
HR policy and strategy work organisation

AUTHOR: Sarah Silcox


IRS research examines the maternity provision and return to work arrangements following maternity leave, including flexible working and re-induction, of 179 organisations.

On this page:
Maternity leave
Maternity provision
Changes to provision
Cost of maternity leave
Covering leave
Chart 1: Changes to maternity leave cover over the past 12 months
Keeping-in-touch policies
Chart 2: Taking advantage of keeping-in-touch days while on maternity leave
Keeping-in-touch take up
Are keeping-in touch-days a good idea?
Returning to work
Flexible working
Chart 3: Reasons for rejecting flexible working requests
Alterations to working patterns
Chart 4: Changes to working patterns among women returners
Our research
Table 1: How maternity pay compares with statutory provisions
Table 2: Arrangements used to cover the work of women on maternity leave
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