maternity leave for secondary school teacher ireland.

bebe1

hi everyone. just wondering if any one could help me with dates. im due on the 21st march 2013 and im wondering how to calculate my maternity leave. i know you have to take leave 2 weeks before im due but after that can anyone calculate when i have to go back to school without losing too much of my maternity leave and getting the most time i can. thank you.:)

highly1111

You can take maternity leave from 24 weeks. A girl in my school was due march 18th & she left at Xmas and so finished her maternity leave at the start of the summer holidays. Congratulations by the way.

jdmurf

i an pretty sure you will be back to work end of nov..

ccazza

Taking maternity leave on March 11th brings you up to September 6th and you can then add 6 weeks on to that bringing you up to October 18th. You could go earlier than that but you'd have to be back slightly earlier - you add 6 weeks on to whatever day your school opens. You'd be getting more weeks off but as I said back slightly earlier.

jdmurf

Oops, yeah above is dead right... I added on a month by dopyness!!!

cb7

My friend finished last year at Christmas and was due back around October 10th. If you finish in March you will also be due back in October. Could be worth your while finishing early - loads of teachers do it!!!

ccazza

Think you could start your leave on January 14th and then be due back 6 weeks after your school starts late August which does give you more time off but brings you back maybe 2 weeks earlier.