On Maternity Leave & pregnant again

[ChiChi26]

Complete surprise this morning!
We have a wedding coming up this weekend and I really was hoping that I didn’t have my period.… Period doesn’t arrive and boom it’s a positive stick 😅
Our beautiful DD has just turned 7mths today.
we are moving house in a weeks time.

partner has an 11yr old and 15yr old - separate relationship.
I have an 11yr old - separate relationship.

I am due to go back to work in March as I wanted 12mths off.

What are my working rights for mat leave?

I would be going in and needing to finish again for July 🤦🏻‍♀️

I am a private nurse- my contract doesn’t say anything about this situation I am in.

No clue but congratulations.

As a manager, I’ve had someone come back from mat leave pregnant. You are allowed consecutive mat leaves, but when you come back to work, and how long for, that can affect your qualifying pay for the second mat leave.

From a managerial point of view, it was much easier to extend a maternity cover than find another cover. With my team member, she came back for 2 months, and worked on a “task & finish” project up to her departure, whist her mat cover continued “day job”. Both same grade & salary.

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