Some employers may not be ‘best pleased’ about a second maternity leave being taken so soon after the first
'Is there a period of time I should wait before trying to have baby number two or am I entitled to maternity leave no matter how close it is to when I return to work?' Photograph: PAQ: “I am on maternity leave at the moment and due to head back to work in May after one year off.
Your work questions answered: ‘I have ADHD and so work from home a lot. When I go to the office, nobody speaks to me’ However, he advises the reader to check their contract of employment or employee staff handbook to see if they are entitled to top-up payments during their leave, which would bring them up to their normal rate of pay.
Although “quite uncommon”, there are no barriers to taking a second maternity leave directly after the first, says independent HR consultant and workplace investigatorHowever, if there are enhanced maternity benefits such as top-up payments from their employer to match their normal pay, there may be terms and conditions specifying frequency or timing to qualify.
“Obviously, things will have changed a lot over two years and it will make it a little bit more difficult to get back in stream again.
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