It’s Joy here, and I have some new HR information for you this week!
Have you heard…
- Regardless of the length of service, (part-time or full time status), all relevant employees are entitled to ordinary maternity leave (OML).
- A woman employee, who is the new mother of her biological child, is entitled to take 26 weeks Ordinary Maternity Leave (OML), followed by 26 weeks Additional Maternity Leave (AML) and up to four weeks unpaid parental leave (if she decides to take this up at this stage rather than subsequently). However, there are some exceptions…
References: (CIPD, 2015); (ACAS, 2015).
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