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SECTION C: INFORMATION ON YOUR STATUTORY RIGHTS

The company complies with all statutory requirements and offers maternity,
paternity, adoption, shared parental & ordinary parental leave, time off to care for
dependants and flexible working in line with the appropriate statutory benefits
scheme. In this section you will see the various rights that apply to each type of
leave as noted above (and flexible working) and the steps you must take to remain
eligible for these rights.

These policies are not contractual but set out the way in which the company plans
to manage the different types of leave and flexible working.

18. MATERNITY LEAVE POLICY

ONCE YOU KNOW YOU ARE PREGNANT

As soon as you are aware you are pregnant, you should notify your line
manager, in writing as the company is required to carry out a risk assessment of
your job in light of your pregnancy

ANTE-NATAL CARE

a. You are entitled to reasonable paid time off for ante-natal care, where
possible, appointments should be arranged at the start or end of the working
day. Ante-natal care covers medical examinations related to your pregnancy
as well as relaxation and parentcraft classes (if the appointment is advised by
a midwife, health visitor or a doctor)

b. Please advise your line manager of any appointment as far in advance as possible
and following your first appointment, you will be asked to produce your
appointment card confirming your ante-natal appointment (normally available
after your first appointment)

c. An employee receiving IVF treatment will be entitled to paid time off for ante-natal
care only after the fertilised embryo has been implanted

d. Effective from 1 October 2014, employed fathers to be and employed partners of
pregnant women are able to take unpaid time off to accompany the expectant