# The Neonatal Care Leave and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2025, Regulation 16: Right to return from neonatal care leave: supplementary


(1) The right to return under regulation 15 is a right to return—
(a) with the employee’s seniority, pension and similar rights as they would have been if the employee had not been absent, and
(b) on terms and conditions not less favourable than those which would have applied if the employee had not been absent.
(2) In the case of accrual of rights under an employment-related benefit scheme within the meaning given by paragraph 7 of Schedule 5 to the Social Security Act 1989, nothing in paragraph (1)(a) above imposes a requirement which exceeds the requirements of paragraphs 5A to 6 of that Schedule.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2025/9780348268034/regulation/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-neonatal-care-leave-and-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2025/regulation-16
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