When can an employee start ordinary maternity leave?
A pregnant employee can start ordinary maternity leave any time after the beginning of the 11th week before the week in which the baby is due.
Related Resources
in the Legal Information Centre
- Am I allowed to ask a woman at a job interview whether she is or intends to become pregnant?
- An employee who has only recently joined us has announced that she is pregnant. Is she entitled to maternity leave?
- I only have three employees. If one of them disappears on maternity leave, I don't have to keep her job available for her, do I?
- Under what circumstances do I have to pay statutory maternity pay (SMP)?
