Practical guidance on taking disciplinary action against an employee during pregnancy or maternity leave, including avoiding discrimination; and dismissing an employee on maternity leave.
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that an employee who was sick during her ordinary maternity leave was not entitled to be paid contractual sick pay during that period.
In Blundell v The Governing Body of St Andrew's Catholic Primary School and another EAT/0329/06 the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that a teacher returning to work following maternity leave was not entitled to return to the same class that she had been teaching when her maternity leave began.
Practical guidance on staying in touch with employees on maternity leave, including what is "reasonable contact"; pre-maternity leave interviews; discussing the return to work; and redundancy or reorganisation.