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+++ company_policies:maternity_policy [2024/01/15 15:59] (current) – john
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 Updated: 15/01/2024
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 Subject to meeting the notification requirements set out above, you are entitled to 52 weeks’ maternity leave in total, broken down as follows:
-• 26 weeks’ ordinary maternity leave (OML), including a 2-week period of compulsory maternity leave (or 4 weeks for factory workers)\\\\
+• 26 weeks’ ordinary maternity leave (OML), including a 2-week period of compulsory maternity leave (or 4 weeks for factory workers)\\
 • 26 weeks’ additional maternity leave (AML) that starts immediately after OML.
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 • Where childbirth occurs before the OML would otherwise commence. If this occurs, please notify us, in writing as soon as is reasonably practicable after the birth, of the date on which you gave birth. Your maternity leave period will begin automatically on the day following the date of the birth.\\
-• Where you are absent from work, wholly or partly due to your pregnancy, after the beginning of the fourth week before the EWC. If this occurs, please notify us, in writing as soon as is reasonably practicable, that your absence from work is wholly or partly due to your pregnancy and the start date of this absence. In these circumstances, the Company may require that your maternity leave period begins on the day following the first day of such absence.\\
+• Where you are absent from work, wholly or partly due to your pregnancy, after the beginning of the fourth week before the EWC. If this occurs, please notify us, in writing as soon as is reasonably practicable, that your absence from work is wholly or partly due to your pregnancy and the start date of this absence. In these circumstances, the Company may require that your maternity leave period begins on the day following the first day of such absence.
 Once you have notified your manager that your OML period has been triggered due to premature absence or premature childbirth, we will confirm, in writing, the date that we expect you to return to work after the AML period has ended. This confirmation will be sent to you within 28 days of your notification.
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 Where your gross earnings are increased by a pay rise, and this increase takes effect from the start of the relevant period and before the end of the AML period, this increase will result in a recalculation of your SMP. As a result of this recalculation, you may be entitled to a retrospective increase or may subsequently qualify to receive SMP.
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 You may be invited to attend an informal meeting with your manager in order to discuss any arrangements regarding your return to work. This is likely to take place approximately two weeks before your return. The following points will be discussed at this meeting:
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 • any developments that have taken place at work\\
-• any appropriate training to take place \\
+• any appropriate training to take place\\
 • any flexible working arrangements which have been agreed.
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 If you decide that you do not wish to return to work after your maternity leave, you are required to give us notice of your resignation. Your notice period to resign is set out in your contract of employment. Where you choose to resign without returning to work, the Company will require repayment of any contractual maternity pay in excess of your statutory entitlement that you have received during maternity leave.