Maternity leave

GobbledyGook

It's not unpaid parental leave, but it's unpaid Additional Maternity Leave.

Double check your company policy with HR or whatever, but it's probable they are just getting their terminology wrong (my boss continually referred to AML as 'holiday').

Perhaps it's something that your manager is just not used to people taking because it's unpaid so she's just made an assumption.

getmore4less

Don't forget you accrue all your holidays as well

So if you have not taken them before maternity(recomended) they are in for another shock if they think you don't get the holidays.

System

fluffnutter wrote: »

... so what happens if the employee is expected to work two shifts?

I said

A worker is entitled to an uninterrupted break of 20 minutes when daily working time is expected to be more than six hours

fluffnutter wrote: »

As an aside, I didn't think that you could be asked to work more than 11 hours in any one 24 hour period.

You can work 13 hours if necessary. If you haven't opted out then you should not be made to work more than 48 hours per week averaged over 17 weeks.