Maternity leave - University of Oxford

PART C – RETURNING TO WORK EARLY/LATEYou will be expected back at the end of your maternity leave, on the date that you havespecified in part 8 of the maternity leave plan.If you want to return earlier or later than this date (the maximum entitlement is 52 weeks)you must give your departmental administrator at least 8 weeks’ notice of this change.If you do not give 8 weeks’ notice your departmental administrator is entitled to postponeyour return until 8 weeks’ notice has expired.To:The Departmental AdministratorDepartment:………………………………Changing your notified return to workdateI would like to change my return to workdate, and now intend to return to work on:………………………………(date)Guidance notesComplete this section only if you want toreturn to work early.Compulsory maternity leave.The law requires that all women take twoweeks maternity leave immediately after thebirth of their baby. Your departmentaladministrator cannot let you return beforeyour compulsory maternity leave period isup.You should sign the form now and send it to your departmental administrator. Don’tforget to keep a copy of it for yourself.You should talk to your department in good time if you want to try to agree a differentworking pattern to the one you worked before your maternity leave.Signed: …………………………………………………….Full Name:…………………………………………………Date: ……………………………………………………….