Maternity Benefits Guide - Hampshire County Council

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8 Completing Form M1 Once you have decided when you are going to take maternity leave and discussed this with your line manager, you must complete Form M1 and return it to your HR caseworker together with (or followed by) a photocopy of both sides of your MAT B1 Certificate. The information provided on Form M1 will enable your HR caseworker to ensure that you receive your full entitlement to maternity benefits. It is therefore important that you complete Form M1, as you may be entitled to maternity benefits even if you do not intend to return to work after the birth of your baby. Please inform your HR caseworker by completing form M1 of your decision regarding your maternity leave and pay. Page 18 of 78
9 Your maternity leave 9.1 Entitlement to Ordinary Maternity Leave (OML) Regardless of hours worked, length of service or conditions of employment, if you are employed under a contract of employment with HCC you are entitled to take maternity leave and to remain absent for a total of 26 weeks leave. The leave must commence no earlier than 11 weeks before the expected week of childbirth. This is known as Ordinary Maternity Leave and includes a twoweek period immediately after the birth of your baby; this is known as the Compulsory Maternity Leave (CML) period when you are not permitted to work. 9.2 Entitlement to Additional Maternity Leave (AML) You are also entitled to a further period of 26 weeks extended maternity leave starting at the end of your OML period and finishing 26 weeks after the end of your OML. This is known as the Additional Maternity Leave period. If your baby is due on or after 3 April 2011, you may be entitled to transfer part of your maternity leave to the child’s father, partner or civil partner. Please see Appendix 5 for full details. 9.3 Commencement of your maternity leave You are entitled to commence maternity leave no earlier than 11 weeks before your EWC. However, you can remain at work after the 11 th week before your EWC provided you are medically fit to do so and risk assessments have not highlighted any difficulties. It is important to note that this is merely the earliest date on which you may commence your maternity leave, and it is for you to decide when your maternity leave and pay will actually start. Exceptions to this are: • If you are absent wholly or partly because of pregnancy or childbirth after the beginning of the 4th week before your EWC, maternity leave will commence automatically with maternity pay provisions applying where appropriate. • If your baby is born before the date specified for your maternity leave start date, your maternity leave will start the day after the actual date of birth. The statutory maternity pay (SMP) period will be the 39 weeks beginning the day on which the maternity leave period starts. In order to preserve your rights to maternity leave and SMP, you must give your line manager written notice as Page 19 of 78
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