Alberta > Employment Law > Maternity & Parental Leave:Is there anything I have to do to let my employer know about maternity leave or parental leave?Yes. You must give the amount of notice required by the law. You must give your employer at least 6 weeks written notice of the day you are going to start maternity leave. Your employer can also ask for a medical certificate confirming the estimated due date. If for some reason you do not give written notice of maternity leave, you are still entitled to the leave if you send your employer a medical certificate confirming that you cannot work and giving the due date. This notice must be sent within 2 weeks of you having stopped working. You must also give your employer at least 6 weeks written notice of the day you are going to start parental leave. If there is something about the medical condition of the baby or mother that makes it impossible to give 6 weeks notice, or it was not foreseen that a child would be placed with adoptive parents, written notice to an employer must then be given as soon as possible after parental leave has started.
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