Employees are eligible for 52 weeks' maternity leave. This consists of 26 weeks ordinary maternity leave, plus 26 weeks additional maternity leave. As a minimum, the employee must take two weeks’ compulsory maternity leave from the date on which their child is born.
This video from Just Employment Law is the latest in our fortnightly focus series, and the focus in this video is on Maternity Leave.
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