Notification
What notice is an employee required to give to her employer before commencing maternity leave?
 
The employee must notify her employer, no later than the 15th week before the baby is due (or as soon as is reasonably practicable), of the following:
  • the fact she is pregnant
  • the expected week of confinement (EWC)
  • the date she intends to commence her maternity leave, which cannot be before the beginning of the 11th week before the EWC.
The employer can request that this notice be given in writing.

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