Issue - meetings

(Report of the Head of Personnel)  To outline the changes to maternity and adoption leave rights in line with the Work and Families Act 2006. This will affect employees where their expected week of childbirth or for those adopting; the date matched with a child is on or after 1 April 2007.

This report outlined to the committee proposed changes to maternity and adoption leave rights as set out in the Work and Families Act 2006.  The changes would affect employees where their expected week of childbirth or for those adopting was on or after 1 April 2007.

Members were supportive of the changes, but requested that the right to 10 days work during maternity leave could not be used to compel an individual to do a specific job, and requested that this be reflected in the policy itself.

RESOLVED:

1.      That the policy reflect that the right to 10 days work during maternity leave not be used to compel an individual to do a specific job.

2.      That the recommendations of the report be approved.