You’re entitled to return to the same job after maternity leave if you’ve been away 26 weeks or less. Your pay and conditions must be the same as or better than if you hadn’t gone on maternity leave. It’s unfair dismissal and maternity discrimination if your employer says you can’t return to the same job.
Are you guaranteed your job back after maternity leave?
Employees are eligible for maternity and parental leave if they have been employed at least 90 days with the same employer. Employers must grant maternity or parental leave to eligible employees and give them their same, or equivalent, job back when they return to work.
How do I cope with going back to work after maternity leave?
Twelve ways to make returning to work after maternity leave easier:
- 1: Make sure you are 100 per cent happy with your childcare.
- 2: Do your research.
- 3: Ease yourself in.
- 4: Stay in touch with a work friend while you’re off.
- 5: Use your Keep-In-Touch days.
- 6: Find a like-minded buddy.
- 7: Take up offers on flexibility.
Should work contact you when on maternity leave?
Your employer can occasionally contact you about work while you’re on maternity leave, but they have to be reasonable. Before you start your maternity leave it can be useful to agree in writing how often your employer can contact you. Tell your employer if you think they’re contacting you too much.
Is postnatal depression a pregnancy related illness?
47C) because of pregnancy, pregnancy-related illness or because you have given birth. This could include postnatal depression or conditions such as postpartum psychosis that are linked to childbirth.
Can I make money while on maternity leave?
Or this: during the fifteen weeks maternity leave, you can’t earn any money. But once maternity leave is over and parental leave starts, the parent on leave is allowed to earn up to $50 per week, or 25% of their weekly EI benefit, whichever is higher.
