Leave and pay for working parents - a guide for trade union reps (October 2014)

Chapter 1

Maternity leave

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Employees who are pregnant are entitled to a full year of maternity leave, regardless of length of service. They are not obliged to take the full year. However, a mother must take a minimum of two weeks after giving birth, or four weeks she works in a factory. Unless there are different contractual entitlements, the statutory rules on maternity leave are split into two different parts — Ordinary Maternity Leave (OML) and Additional Maternity Leave (AML) which have different rules on entitlements for those on maternity leave.


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