sickness/work advice please

[Dlah]

Morning all,

Just wondered if anyone knows if there are any limits on the time you can have off?

I work for a large organisation and I know my sickness doesn't get counted because maternity related, I also know if you go sick after 20 weeks they can potentially put me on maternity leave early but I'm currently 14 weeks and still having the odd sick day from throwing up so much.

I'd say so far I've had 9-10 days off since around week 7.

Does anyone know if it's a case that they can/can't do anything at this time?

[KayTee87]

I'm pretty sure it's only from 36 weeks you can be forced to start maternity leave due to pregnancy related sickness..

[KayTee87]

www.gov.uk/working-when-pregnant-your-rights

[dementedpixie]

They can only start your maternity leave early if you are off with a pregnancy related illness in the last 4 weeks of pregnancy

[Dlah]

Thanks guys,

I need to pull that policy out again, I'm sure it said from 20 weeks but that's reassuring to know

[KayTee87]

Even if their policy said 20 they can't bypass the law, they maybe have updated it in years.

[KayTee87]

Haven't *

[Heirhelp]

Make sure that work know you are pregnant and that morning sickness is covered in your risk assessment.