
Maternity Matters
Is it automatically unfair to make an employee on maternity leave redundant? Not necessarily, but it is trickier… Employees returning from ordinary maternity leave (the first 6 months) have the right to return to their original job unless that job is no longer available. Employees on additional maternity leave (the second 6 months) have the right to return to the same job unless it’s not reasonably practicable for them to do so. In which case, they must be offered a