NG Healthcare Staff Handbook

Your Family Friendly Rights

Maternity Leave

Who is eligible for Maternity Leave

• All pregnant employees are entitled to take 26 weeks of Ordinary Maternity Leave (OML) regardless of length of service.

• Employees will qualify for 26 weeks of Additional Maternity Leave (AML) if they have at least 26 weeks service 15 weeks prior to the expected week of confinement. • An employee who becomes sick with pregnancy related illness any day after the 4 th week before her expected week of confinement will trigger maternity leave.

What is the eligibility for Maternity Pay

• You must have worked continuously for 26 weeks or more; the 26 weeks are counted from the 15 weeks before the baby is due. Therefore if you count back 15 seeks from the date when the baby is due and if you have been working for 26 weeks or more at that point you qualify.

• You must earn more than the lower earning limited for the current year as advised by the Inland Revenue.

• You are entitled to 39 week of paid statutory maternity leave.

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