Family-friendly rights and support

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• Type:

  FAQs

  Will an employee who is expecting twins be entitled to two lots of maternity leave?

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  FAQs

  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?

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  FAQs

  Where an employee is adopting two children, will they be entitled to two periods of adoption leave?

• Date:

  18 July 2007

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Maternity leave: Right to return to work

  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.

• Type:

  How to

  How to stay in touch with employees on maternity leave

  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.

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  Letters and forms

  Letter offering condolences to employee following death of family member

  A model letter of condolence to an employee following the death of a family member.

• Type:

  FAQs

  Can an employer contact an employee on adoption leave to ask if and when they intend to return to work?

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  FAQs

  Where an employee is off sick when their maternity leave is due to start, will their sick pay continue or will they transfer to maternity pay?

• Type:

  FAQs

  Can an employer contact an employee on maternity leave to ask if and when they intend to return to work?

• Type:

  FAQs

  Under the maternity provisions can an employee return to work at the end of ordinary maternity leave without giving notice?