Hi,
I work for a very small company who appear to be burying their head in the sand when it comes to my maternity leave questions and that I will be taking the full 52 weeks. There is no maternity policy to refer to and it will only be statutory.
I want to submit a letter with my MAT B1 form telling them of my intentions and just want to check that my plan is correct.
- I want to take all my holiday for 2012 before I start my maternity leave, a week before the due date.
- There will be 4 bank holidays during the 2012 part of my leave so I would add those on to my holiday.
This is what is causing my main confusion and work are ignoring my emails requesting what happens with bank holidays.
My contract does not mention bank holidays, just that I get 25 days. However, the office is always shut on bank holidays and I get paid for them e.g my salary that month does not differ.
Am I right in thinking I can tag these onto my holiday?
If I can do this, I would assume that any 2013 bank holidays that occur when I am off can be taken after my maternity leave has finished. I wouldn't be taking any 2013 annual leave until later in the year.
Should the letter also include a request to reduce the number of days that I want to return to, or should this be done at a later date?
Many thanks.