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Maternity leave

  • 24-02-2010 2:26pm
    #1
    danman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 583 ✭✭✭


    Apologies, I've also started a similar thread over in the pregnant forum.

    I'm looking for information on extended maternity leave for premature births.


    We had our daughter 13 weeks early, and she was in hospital for the first 8 weeks of her life.

    My wifes HR department has told her that she must return back to work 6 months after our daughters birth.

    We were told by various people that her maternity leave would not start untill our daughter left hospital. That my wife was entitled to premature baby leave up untill that time.

    Does anyone know where she stands. She had to spend the first 2 months of her maternity leave in the hospital with our daughter.
    She work in the public sector.


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  • #2
    gerrycollins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,799 ✭✭✭gerrycollins


    my understanding of matenity leave is that you are supposed to take it 4 weeks before the due date, however many tell a little white lie so that they are not off for ages before the birth.

    however if the baby arrives early your maternity starts straight away.

    ive never heard of premature baby maternity leave.

    Dont forget that there is the unpaid extension that they are allowed to take regardless of the employers position.

    im a father of three and an employer


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