# Directive 2006/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation (recast), Article 15: Return from maternity leave

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

A woman on maternity leave shall be entitled, after the end of her period of maternity leave, to return to her job or to an equivalent post on terms and conditions which are no less favourable to her and to benefit from any improvement in working conditions to which she would have been entitled during her absence.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2006/54/article/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2006-54/article-15
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