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A generation ago, women embarking upon a new journey into motherhood rarely thought about how they would combine work and motherhood. Things have changed and whilst you will be looking forward to the arrival of your baby, you probably also need to do some homework on your rights leading up to and during your maternity leave.

1. You are entitled to 52 weeks of maternity leave at a maximum. It doesn’t matter how many years you have worked for your employer or if you worked full time or part time.

2. This maternity leave will be subdivided into two categories and will affect the amount of money that you receive from your employer accordingly.

3. Ordinary maternity leave lasts for 26 weeks. You’ll still be able to accrue holidays and maintain your contractual benefits. In other words, you are treated exactly as if you are still working, except for the payment you receive.

4. The 13 weeks that follow the first 26 weeks of maternity leave are known as “additional maternity leave”. For these weeks your contractual rights don’t apply in all areas, so do check. Your notice period remains the same, your availability of redundancy pay is unchanged and your typical disciplinary and grievance procedures still apply.

5. Your statutory rights remain in place throughout the whole of your maternity leave, which could include an additional 13 weeks of unpaid leave. You may not be discriminated against and must not be passed over in favour of another employee in the event of redundancy.

6. You will qualify for Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) if you have 26 weeks of continuous service at the end of the 15th week before the baby is expected. Statutory maternity pay is determined based upon a period of calculation – eight weeks up to and including the 15th week before baby is due. You must have earned at least

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I want to see copies of company policies?

Hi my employer basically isn’t allowing staff to see copies of company policies, Everything from parental leave, sick pay, training, maternity…. they are all being closely guarded.

Why do you need to see company policies? All the answers to any of your questions can be found out on many of the websites through google. ACAS for employment law and hse for health & safety. The only documentation that you really need to see is your contract of employment as that records your terms and conditions agreed at the time you took the job.
The company should have policies but they probably need updating, to reflect any changes that may have been made. and maybe that is the reason that your not being allowed to see them.
The other poster that says a company can be fned 20k for not having a H&S policy is a little out of touch.
A company that employs five or more people has to have a H&S policy but to be fined 20K for not having one is the very last resort they would probably be told to get one and given a timescale in which to do so.

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