Maternity Rights—Medical Reports, Access To
Maternity Rights ( The rights of employees before and after childbirth ) Key points Overview Legislation governing the rights of employees before and after childbirth is currently to be found in Part VIII of the Employment Rights Act 1996, as substituted by section 7 and Schedule 4 (Part 1) of the Employment Relations Act 1999 and 'fleshed out' by the Maternity & Parental Leave etc Regulations 1999, which latter were amended (on 24 November 2002) by the Maternity & Parental Leave (Amendment) Regulations 2002. The law regulating an employee's entitlement or otherwise to statutory maternity pay (SMP) or the state maternity allowance (MA) is to be found in Parts II and XII of the Social Security Contributions & Benefits Act 1992 (referred to in this section as 'the 1992 Act'), and in Regulations made under (or saved by) that Act. The 1992 and 1996 Acts apply to persons employed in England, Scotland and Wales. Cognate legislation covers persons employed in N...