Hi all,
My wife is approaching the end of her 26 weeks maternity leave, and intends to issue 4 weeks notice that she will be taking the additional maternity leave of 16 weeks.
She is also considering taking the 18 weeks parental leave straight after the 16 weeks, and would be providing the 6 weeks notice for this leave.
So we have a couple of questions:
Tom
My wife is approaching the end of her 26 weeks maternity leave, and intends to issue 4 weeks notice that she will be taking the additional maternity leave of 16 weeks.
She is also considering taking the 18 weeks parental leave straight after the 16 weeks, and would be providing the 6 weeks notice for this leave.
So we have a couple of questions:
- Is there anything to prevent maternity and parental leave being taking consecutively like this, once all notice periods are adhered to?
- In terms of being open and transparent with her employer, should she state her intention to take the parental leave consecutively at the time when notifying them of the additional maternity leave?
- In terms of total leave during this period, am I correct in understanding that it would be the 14 weeks additional maternity + 18 weeks parental leave + any holidays accrued + public/bank holidays falling due during this time?
Tom