Maternity Leave Policy

Further Information

A maternity policy describes the rights of female employees to take maternity leave and to resume employment on return. Maternity leave includes the period of time leading up to the birth of a child and afterwards.

Sample

You can view an example online of the main policy document included in the Maternity Policy Package by following this link: View Sample.

Features

This Maternity Policy Package  is suitable for use in England, Scotland and Wales. The main policy document covers the following clauses and the package includes related documents:

• leave entitlement
• rights during leave
• maternity pay
• notification of absence
• change of leave dates
• return to work
• keeping in touch
• rights on return.
• E15 - guide to statutory maternity pay (SMP) and leave (from HM Revenue & Customs)
• SMP1 - statutory form to tell an employee why they do not qualify for SMP
• SMP2 - statutory form for the employer to record details of an employee's SMP

Related Documents

This package is available individually or as part of an Employment Annual Subscription (£39.95 own use) with access to all documents in the Employment section, Business Annual Subscription (£99 own use) or Full Annual Subscription (£199) - giving you access to wide range of documents, packages and forms for a single annual fee.

Other related documents:

• Parental Leave Policy - describing the right of employees to take time off work to look after a child
• Paternity Policy - describing the right of men to take paid time off work on the birth of a child
• SMP1 - statutory form to tell an employee why they do not qualify for SMP
• SMP2 - statutory form to record details of an employee's SMP