Maternity leave and maternity pay

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  Employment law cases

  EU law does not require mothers in surrogacy arrangement to get maternity leave

  The European Court of Justice has held that EU law does not require that the commissioning mother in a surrogacy agreement be entitled to maternity leave.

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  FAQs

  How should an employer respond if an employee's maternity leave is triggered by a pregnancy-related reason?

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  FAQs

  How should the employer respond if an employee gives birth before their maternity leave has started?

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  FAQs

  What should be discussed at a pre-maternity-leave interview?

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  Employment law cases

  Surrogacy: both mothers ought to get maternity leave

  The Advocate General has given her opinion that EU law means that both mothers in a surrogacy arrangement should have the right to receive maternity leave.

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  Tasks

  Support an employee who has had a miscarriage or whose baby is stillborn or dies after birth

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  Tasks

  Manage an employee who becomes pregnant again while on maternity leave

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  Tasks

  Benchmark your organisation's maternity leave and pay against that provided by other employers

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  Tasks

  Check family-friendly rights in relation to surrogacy

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  Tasks

  Manage the situation where an employee is absent for a pregnancy-related reason in the four weeks before their expected week of childbirth