FAQs

All items: Entitlement to maternity leave

What should an employer do if an employee fails to give the required notice for taking maternity leave?
Where an employee has been absent on maternity leave must they return to work for a particular period of time before qualifying for another period of maternity leave and pay?
Does an employee who wishes to exercise their right to statutory maternity leave have to give their employer all the required information at the same time?
Will a surrogate mother be entitled to paid maternity leave?
What is the minimum provision for maternity leave?
Will an employee who is expecting twins be entitled to two lots of maternity leave?
Where a baby is born before 24 weeks of pregnancy but lives for a short period only, will the mother be entitled to maternity leave and pay?
Will an employee for whom a surrogate mother gives birth to a child be entitled to paid maternity leave?
What notice of their intention to take maternity leave are employees required to give?
How is "expected week of childbirth" defined?

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Frequently asked questions and answers on entitlement to maternity leave.