# The Maternity and Parental Leave etc. Regulations 1999, Regulation 5: Entitlement to additional maternity leave


An employee who satisfies the following conditions is entitled to additional maternity leave—
(a) she is entitled to ordinary maternity leave, and
(b) she has, at the beginning of the eleventh week before the expected week of childbirth, been continuously employed for a period of not less than a year.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/1999/0110855582/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-maternity-and-parental-leave-etc-regulations-1999/regulation-5
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