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You will be advised before you start SPL 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 SPL:

a. That you take outstanding and accrued holiday before commencing SPL
b. That you carry some leave over and take it on return to work after SPL
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
SPL period(s), the company must then write to you, confirming the date on which
your SPL period(s) 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 do not wish to return to work after your SPL, you should notify the company
by giving at least the notice required in your contract in writing by the end of your
SPL period
d. 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 period of
SPL, on the same terms and conditions, unless a redundancy situation has arisen
during your SPL (in which case you will be considered for any suitable alternative
employment in preference to other employees in the same way as a woman on
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.