The rules on giving notice and starting your leave stay the same: you’ll need to give notice to your employer 15 weeks before your due date you can start your maternity leave from 11 weeks before your ...

You can stop working a week before your due date without any additional medical documentation. If you want to go on leave before that, you would need a note from your doctor that includes a diagnosis ...

If the employee gives birth before her maternity leave was due to start, she must notify the School in writing of the date of the birth as soon as reasonably practicable. The law obliges all employees ...

If pregnancy interferes with the employee’s job performance during the 12 weeks before their due date, employers can require that the employee start maternity leave earlier by notifying the employee ...

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Write to your employer at least 21 days before you start your maternity leave, telling them that you are pregnant, the expected week of childbirth and the date on ... baby is due you are eligible ...

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c) Your Maternity Leave will start automatically on the day after the birth, if your baby arrives early and if you are unfortunately off work due to a pregnancy-related ... Where you return to work on ...