Don't get caught out with contractual benefits
During maternity leave, the employee retains all benefits other than their wages.
This includes their full holiday entitlement, which must be taken before or after SML. This can come as a shock to employers who’ve not had staff take maternity leave before, but it’s important you make sure they take it!
The holiday allowance includes any bank holidays - so if you give your staff bank holidays off, the employee will also accrue those days which they’ll need to take off in lieu too.
Two types of statutory leave can’t be taken at once – so once the individual is on maternity leave, they can’t take holiday leave until it’s finished. So you might want to encourage your employee to take any remaining holiday entitlement in the weeks leading up to the expected birth date.
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