Maternity Guidelines

This article will provide you with proper guidelines for the staff and the managers of the exact procedure to be followed and proper calculation of the individual entitlements. This process will apply for all the pregnant employees who are working, either part time or full time, depending on their length of their service.

Eligibility- an employee who is working either part time or full time is subjected to either paid or unpaid leave if: if she has continuously given 12 months of service and if she informs her employer in writing prior to the leave period.

Notification- the employee has to notify her manager and the Human Resource Department of her Pregnancy in written about her maternity leave. If she wants to make changes in the leave dates, notify this to your manager atleast 28 days before.

Application of the Maternity Leave- after you submit your notification to the manager, you will receive a maternity leave application form for the necessary details. Fill this form completely mentioning the dates clearly. Forward it to the Manager, who will forward it to the Human resource Department 28 days prior to her leave.

Form MATB1- Medical certification of the expected date of the birth of the child has to be given in the form of a maternity certificate. You can get this from the doctor after completing about twenty-six weeks of pregnancy.

Commencement of Maternity Leave- the employee can begin her maternity leave after the 11th week before the expected week of the child birth. She can also, if she wishes work till the expected date, if she has no health or safety risks noticed during the risk assessment period.

Sickness during Pregnancy- the maternity leave starts immediately from the day she remains absent on her work due to some illness related to pregnancy. If the sickness is not linked with her pregnancy, she can receive the sick pay till the date of birth of the newborn for satisfying the regulations related to the sick pay. Other days of illness due to pregnancy will not be considered in this period, if the employee is going to continue to work upto the maternity leave starting date by previously informing the employer.

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