Maternity leave and maternity pay

New and updated

• Letter to an employee who has suffered a stillbirth after 24 weeks of pregnancy explaining her maternity rights

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to reflect that the Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act 2018 has received Royal Assent.

• Letter to an employee whose baby dies after birth explaining her maternity rights

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to reflect that the Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act 2018 has received Royal Assent.

• What should an employer do if an employee gives birth without giving the required notice for taking maternity leave?

  Type:

  FAQs

• Letter offering a suitable alternative vacancy to an employee who is made redundant while on maternity leave

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to highlight the impact of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018, on this document.

• How to manage an employee who is absent due to sickness during pregnancy

  Type:

  How to

  Updated to take account of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018.

• Maternity leave

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to include a reference to the Government's announcement that it will consult on a proposed requirement for certain employers to publish their policy on parental leave and pay.

• Form for an employee to notify that she is absent from work in the four weeks before her expected week of childbirth wholly or partly because of pregnancy

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to highlight the impact of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018, on this document.

• Form for an employee to notify the employer of an early birth where her maternity leave has been triggered by the birth

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to highlight the impact of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018, on this document.

• Letter responding to an employee's request to return from maternity leave on a part-time basis

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to take account of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018.

• Form for notification of an employee's intention to take maternity leave (and statutory maternity pay)

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to take account of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018.