Maternity leave and maternity pay

New and updated

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Form for an employee to notify that they are absent from work in the four weeks before their expected week of childbirth wholly or partly because of pregnancy

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

• Type:

  Policies and documents

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

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

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Letter responding to request to return from maternity leave on part-time basis

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

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Form for notification of employee's intention to take maternity leave

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

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Form for employee to request to vary start date of their maternity leave

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

• Type:

  Line manager briefings

  Maternity leave and pay quiz

  A quiz for line managers to test their knowledge on the law and practice relating to pregnancy, and maternity leave and pay.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Letter responding to an employee whose maternity leave has been triggered by the early birth of their child

  Updated to include the latest information on the possible extension of shared parental leave to grandparents.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Policy setting out structure of pre-maternity leave meeting

  Updated to include the latest information on the possible extension of shared parental leave to grandparents.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Letter inviting employee to pre-maternity leave meeting

  Updated to include the latest information on the possible extension of shared parental leave to grandparents.

• Date:

  10 November 2017

  Type:

  Podcasts and webinars

  Podcast: Handling redundancies where maternity rights apply

  Special guest Jo Broadbent, who is a professional support lawyer with Hogan Lovells, joins us to discuss the rights that apply to pregnant employees and those on maternity leave in a redundancy situation, including the practical steps employers can take to avoid falling foul of the law.