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All items: Return to work after adoption leave

Does an employee have the right to return to the same job after adoption leave?
Where an individual has been employed on a fixed-term contract to cover adoption leave, can the employer terminate the contract if the employee on adoption leave decides to return early?
Is an employee who intends to return early from adoption leave required to give notice of this?
If an employee does not intend to return to work after adoption leave, is the employee required to give notice?
If an employee does not return from adoption leave, does the employer have to pay in lieu of the annual leave accrued during the leave?
Can an employer contact an employee on adoption leave to ask if and when they intend to return to work?

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