Maternity Benefits Guide - Hampshire County Council

with an absence of 100 full-time days we recommend an
extension of 200 working days at a 0.5 contract.
As a NQT you do not have to make a decision on a
voluntary extension until you return to work. When the
decision has been made, HCC’s NQT Co-ordinator, based
in Education Personnel Services, must be informed
immediately so that any extension can be notified to the
General Teaching Council and your induction year can be
recalculated.
9.8 At a glance service requirements for leave for
EHCC staff
Service requirements for
Ordinary Maternity
Leave
No service requirement other than to be in
employment under a contract with HCC. You
must give your line manager 28 days’ written
notice, or if that is not reasonably practicable,
as soon as is, of:
a) pregnancy
b) expected date of birth
c) date you intend to start ordinary maternity
leave.
The notice must be given by the end of the 15th
week before the EWC.
Ordinary Maternity
Leave
(26 weeks)
Can commence at 11th week before the
expected week of childbirth (EWC).
During the final 4 weeks prior to EWC, if off
sick due to pregnancy related reason, OML
would automatically be deemed to have started
from the first day after you are absent.
If the baby is born before the date specified for
maternity lave, then maternity leave is deemed
to have started on the day after the date of
your baby's birth.
Compulsory
Maternity Leave
This is a two-week period where you are not
permitted by law to return to work. It occurs in
the first two weeks following the birth of your
baby. This is part of the Ordinary Maternity
Leave period.
Additional
Maternity Leave
No service requirement other than to be in
employment under a contract with HCC.
Additional
Maternity Leave
(26 weeks)
Commence additional maternity leave from the
day following the last day of the OML period
(this provides a total of 52 weeks absence).
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