FAQs for employers

In this section, you can find the answers to questions you may have you may have about managing an employee through pregnancy, maternity leave and her return to work after maternity leave. You can find information about your obligations to your employee, what benefits she is entitled to and advice on how to stay in touch during her maternity leave. Just click on the topic below to get more information. If you can’t find the information you’re searching for, try looking at our Employer Toolkit or see our help and support page to contact one of these organisations for more help.

• Recruitment 
• Pay, Promotion, Reviews, Breaks and Benefits
• Contractual rights
• Leave 
• Contact
• Returning to work and flexible working
• Dismissal, redundancy and other disciplinary procedures 
• Notice period

• Employers obligations during pregnancy
• Managing maternity leave
• Managing return to work