Maternity policy guidance notes

Filed Under: Family friendly - Policies | Published on: Monday, 06 February 2012 04:52 PM

Legal framework

The individual rights of women to take maternity leave and receive maternity pay are principally set out in the Maternity and Parental Leave etc. Regulations 1999 (as amended), and the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 and Statutory Maternity Pay (General) Regulations 1986 (as amended). 

The Maternity and Parental Leave etc. and the Paternity and Adoption Leave (Amendment) Regulations 2008 came into force on 23 July 2008, to remove the distinction between Ordinary and Additional Maternity Leave for employees with an expected week of childbirth from 5 October 2008.  

The Policy takes into account the above change and contains the minimum legal requirements that ALL employers must meet, irrespective of the size of the undertaking.  Employers are at liberty to make changes to the provisions, but these must grant more favourable rights to the employee than those detailed in the Policy.

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