Hi,
I'm about to go on maternity leave, but I have been having some problems establishing my maternity rights at work during my additional maternity leave - can anyone help?
Basically, as I understand it from reading the Maternity Alliance website and the government DTI and TIGER websites, whilst I'm on AML the statutory right to 20 days' leave per year applies - ie, I should be able to accrue holiday entitlement even when I'm off work on AML. When I had my maternity leave planning meeting with HR at work (about 6/7 weeks ago now - they kept delaying it because of holidays...) they said that this wasn't the case, so I printed off the official info I had and they said they would look into it. At the time, I thought that they just weren't really up to date on the legislation - I think that I'm the first person lately to have intended to take any AML.
But I've had a call from my HR person to say that her colleague in the other office is going on some training about it today, and can I go in for a meeting tomorrow - apparently, some new legislation is coming into force which says that the statutory leave entitlement DOESN'T apply during AML. I've been on the internet for ages but I can't find any info about this new change. Does anyone know anything about it? Is this right? And is there a set date from which it applies? I am due on the 11th June.
Thanks for your help. I think that forewarned is forearmed - I just want to know what I'm likely to hear, so that I don't get fobbed off with a load of waffle...