LRD guides and handbook May 2018

Law at Work 2018

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Chapter 9

Key elements of statutory maternity leave 




[ch 9: page 292]

Statutory maternity leave lasts for 52 weeks, as follows: 




• Compulsory maternity leave: the first two weeks (four weeks in the case of factory workers) from birth. A woman who gives birth must take this leave;




• Ordinary maternity leave (OML): the first 26 weeks — includes the two compulsory weeks;




• Additional maternity leave (AML): a further period of 26 weeks which follows immediately after the OML.





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