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Returning to work is an exciting but daunting time. Planning early, knowing your rights, and putting in place robust support plans can make a huge difference to navigating this period. Seeking support from your colleagues, supervisors and a mentor will be invaluable. It is normal to feel a rollercoaster of emotions, but before you know it, you will have learnt to be an expert juggler. Good Luck!
A timeline of suggested things to do whilst on parental leave to prepare for your return to work
Not Planning to Return to Work?
Not Planning to Return to Work?
If you are not planning to return to work in the NHS for at least 3 months following maternity leave it is worth noting that you will not be eligible to receive occupational maternity pay.
If you were planning to return to work however change your mind, you may have to pay all of your occupational maternity pay back
Your employer does have the discretion to waive their rights to recovery of occupational pay if they believe that it "would cause undue hardship or distress"
If you have received money from the study budget you may also be eligible to pay this back if you don’t return to work
You are however still eligible to receive:
12 months of maternity leave
Statutory maternity pay or maternity allowance regardless of whether you plan to return or not
If you're not returning to work because the contract would have ended if pregnancy and childbirth had not occurred, you are entitled to full occupational pay and won't have to repay anything.
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Dr Rebecca Kalderon
Dr Eleanor Warwick
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