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You will be advised before you start ordinary maternity leave if you have
any outstanding holiday entitlement. In order to agree a holiday plan which suits
both you and the company and is in line with the company’s rules on booking
holidays, your line manager will discuss the following options with you prior to the
start of your maternity leave:

a. That you take outstanding and accrued holiday before commencing maternity leave
b. That you carry some leave over and take it on return to work after maternity leave
c. Pay you for any outstanding holiday leave as if you were leaving the company for
holiday entitlement in excess of the statutory minimum

YOUR RETURN TO WORK DATE

a. Once you have notified the company properly of the date you intend to start
your maternity leave, the company must then write to you, specifying the date
on which your maternity leave will end

b. You will be expected to return to work on the date specified in the company’s
letter to you. If you are unable to return to work on that date for any reason,
you must notify the company of your absence from work in the normal manner

c. If you wish to return to work before the end of your maternity leave period, you
must give the company 8 weeks’ notice of the date on which you wish to
return. If you do not give this notice, you may not be allowed to return to work
on that date

d. If you do not wish to return to work after your maternity leave, you should notify
the company by giving at least the notice required in your contract in writing
by the end of your maternity leave period

e. If you do not return to work on the date specified in the company’s letter
and do not make contact to explain why, the company will treat your absence
from work as unauthorised and unpaid and a process in accordance
with its disciplinary procedures will be followed

YOUR RIGHT TO RETURN

You are normally entitled to return to the same job you did before your
maternity leave, on the same terms and conditions, unless a redundancy situation
has arisen during your maternity leave. If you wish to work part-time or different
hours on your return to work, you must make your request in writing, and then
the company will consider your request. This request should be made at least
8 weeks before you are due to return, utilising the procedure as set out in
the company’s flexible working policy and procedure.