Contractual status during maternity leave

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  McPherson v Drumpark House [1997] IRLR 277 EAT (1 other report)

  • Maternity rights: Maternity pay did not determine subsistence of contract

    Date:

    1 June 1997

    In McPherson v Drumpark House the EAT holds that the employment contract of an employee who loses her statutory right to return to work after maternity leave does not necessarily subsist during the period when she receives statutory maternity pay.