Maternity leave for Lincolnshire County Council staff - Find a freedom of information request

1. Total number of staff that went on maternity leave since 2012?

2. Average length of maternity leave mothers has taken since 2012? E.g. nine months or one year

3. Total number of mothers that returned full time to work after maternity leave?

4. Total number of mothers that returned to work part time following maternity leave?

5. Total number of mothers that did not return to work at all following maternity leave?

6. Number of stress absences after turning to work post birth in the first two years?

7. How many management instructions or disciplinaries related to mothers returning to work post birth? E.g. off for too many periods of time

8. What is your policy for staff needing time off to take care of their children or take their children to doctors' appointments?

9. Do staff have to take unpaid leave to take care of their sick children, or do they get paid?

10. Do you carry out a health and safety risk assessment for pregnant women?

11. What is your maternity pay policy?

12. Are women explained their pregnancy rights when they tell their employer/manager they are pregnant?

13. Total number of employment tribunal claims since 2012 taken by mothers against the Council for any case with 'maternity' or 'pregnancy' mentioned since 2012?

14. Reason for employment tribunal claims if stated.

15. Total number of successful tribunals claims against the Council for any case with 'maternity' or 'pregnancy' mentioned since 2012? 

Please note, Lincolnshire County Council (LCC) are only able to provide data from 01/04/2015.

1. 762 (also includes those currently on maternity leave).

2. Nine Months.

3. 222.

4. 363 (290 were part time before maternity leave).

5. 29.

6. 58.

7. 0.

8. Our Leave and Time Off Policy gives managers discretion to allow a reasonable amount of paid and/or unpaid time off for dependent assistance or childcare issues. https://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/employment-policies/leave-time-off-policy/3

9. See above.

10. Yes.

11. https://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/employment-policies/family-leave-policy/1

12. Yes.

13. 0.

14. Not applicable.

15. Not applicable.