This letter explains to an employee how a keeping in touch day will be coordinated, and this letter also highlights the employees statutory rights regarding how many keeping in touch days are permitted

This letter can be sent to an employee who wishes to end her maternity leave early and return to work. This letter offers 2 options either granting or declining the request. It is important to note that the request can only be declined in the case that the employee has not provided the required notice.

This letter can be sent to an employee who wishes to change her maternity leave start date. This letter provides 2 options either granting or declining the request.

This letter should be sent to an employee to explain to them that due to either a government increase or the organisation conducting a salary review, their statutory maternity pay has been amended

This letter can be sent to a breastfeeding employee after a risk assessment whereby a risk has been identified. This letter offers the employee a temporary change of job role whilst she is breastfeeding. This letter requests the employee signs to conform her agreement with this change.

This letter can be sent to an employee who has requested a change to their hours of work following their maternity leave. This letter can be sent to an employee following a meeting confirming that their request has been granted. This letter outlines to the employee that the change represents a permanent change to the terms and conditions of their employment.

This letter can be sent on behalf of the organisation to offer condolences to an employee who has suffered a miscarriage or still birth.

This letter can be sent to an employee who is due to return to work from maternity leave. This letter invites the employee to a meeting prior to their return to discuss the return to work. It is good practice for an employer to meet with an employee prior to her return to work.

This letter offers a job candidate a fixed term contract of employment for the purposes of covering maternity leave. This job offer includes the relevant legislation required in Ireland for Fixed term contracts.

This letter can be sent to a employee who has suffered a miscarriage after 24 weeks of pregnancy. This letter outlines the employee’s entitlements. An employee who suffers a miscarriage after 24 weeks is entitled to maternity leave.

This letter can be sent to an employee who has suffered a miscarriage before 24 weeks of pregnancy. This letter outlines the employee’s entitlements. An employee who suffers a miscarriage before 24 weeks of pregnancy is not entitled to maternity leave.

This letter can be sent to a pregnant employee following a health and safety risk assessment. If the risk assessment has identified the employee’s current role as a risk then the employee needs to be offered alternative work or be suspended on full pay if there is no other suitable work available.

This letter can be sent to an employee who has notifying the organisation of her intention to take maternity leave. This letter outlines details on both leave and pay entitlements.

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This letter can be sent to an employee who has notifying the organisation of her intention to take maternity leave. This letter outlines details on both leave and pay entitlements.

This letter can be sent to an employee who has submitted their resignation whilst on maternity leave. This letter accepts the employee’s resignation and outlines details of final pay.

This letter informs a pregnant employee that a risk assessment was carried out and that it is not considered safe for them to continue in their role while pregnant. The letter instead provides details of a suitable alternative role.

This letter invites an employee that is currently on maternity leave to attend a keeping in touch day, which can be a means of providing training/ keeping the employee up to date with developments so that they can more easily transition back to the workplace after their leave.

This letter should be issued to an employee that has notified the organisation of their intention to take maternity leave. This letter outlines to the employee their entitlements to receive statutory maternity pay

This letter is designed to be sent to an employee that is currently on maternity leave, informing them of a job opening which might be of interest to them, that has become available during their maternity leave

This letter should be sent to an employee who has just given birth, to send them the organisations best wishes

This form should be submitted by an employee who had requested for maternity leave to begin on some date, but whose child has been born prior to this date, in order for them to request that their maternity leave/pay commence on the day after childbirth.

This form should be completed by a pregnant employee who is experiencing a pregnancy related illness fewer than 4 weeks from the expected date of childbirth. The submission of this form automatically triggers maternity leave and pay.

This risk assessment form should be completed by the organisations risk assessment manager, in order to establish any aspects of the workplace that could be hazardous to a pregnant employee. The form is a questionnaire, with space to detail actions that the employer should take to mitigate the risk identified

This form should be filled out by employees that intend to take maternity leave, confirming expected dates of birth/date that maternity is due to start, as well as whether they qualify for statutory or enhanced maternity pay

This form should be submitted by a pregnant employee who wishes to request that the start date of their maternity leave be changed from a previously agreed date, and should include both the previous start date and the requested new start date

This contract clause can be included in employees contracts of employment, outlining enhanced maternity pay entitlements. There are multiple options in this clause for the employer in terms of what requirements they will expect from their employees in order to avail of enhanced maternity pay

This policy is used when employers offer enhanced maternity pay, in excess of the statutory levels, as well as outlining to the employees what supports will be provided to them in terms of ante natal time off, and time off for stillbirth or miscarriage.

This policy outlines the organisations procedure when employees returning from maternity leave wish to request a variation to their contractual hours of work.

This policy is designed to inform employees that their annual leave entitlements continue to accrue throughout maternity leave, and that annual leave cannot be taken during maternity leave.