Pregnancy and maternity leave - line manager training

Author: Lynda Macdonald

Introduction

This training guide covers the rights of employees who become pregnant and take maternity leave. It also covers handling a number of situations that may arise during or following pregnancy or maternity leave, including sickness absence, redundancy and requests to return to work part time.

Your employer may offer employees contractual entitlements over and above the minimum statutory rights discussed in this guide. Employees' contractual terms may therefore be the source of further rights and duties that you as line manager will be required to take into account.