Maternity provision for fixed-term post-doctoral researchers

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Dear Hughes Hall, Cambridge,

I am trying to find out more about maternity provision for post-doctoral researchers in Cambridge and Oxford, and hope you can answer the following questions for me:

1) Does your college employ Junior Research Fellows, or have an equivalent paid fixed-term post-doctoral research position?

2) If so, are such researchers eligible for maternity leave and pay? Please give details of any existing policy, and whether it has been applied in the last five years.

3) If maternity leave is taken by a JRF or post-doctoral researcher on a fixed-term contract, is the duration of the position extended by an amount of time equivalent to the time taken as leave, so that research time and funding is not lost as a result of taking leave? Please provide any details.

Thanks in advance for any information you can give me.

Yours faithfully,

J Iqbal

Victoria Espley, Hughes Hall, Cambridge

Dear J Iqbal

Thank you for your Freedom of Information Request of 10th December 2018 that has been passed on to me as the College’s Freedom of Information Officer.

Please find below the responses from Hughes Hall.

1 yes
2 yes, policy as for all employees here's the link to the document that contains the policy
(section 7) https://www.hughes.cam.ac.uk/wp-content/...
and no it has not been applied
3 This is not specified in our policies and we would look at each case as and when it arose.

If you are dissatisfied with the College's response you may seek an internal review of the College’s decision. The request should be made to:

Mrs Victoria Espley
Bursar
Hughes Hall
Wollaston Road
Cambridge
CB1 2EW
Tel.: +44 (0)1223 334898
Registered Charity No: 1137471

If after that review you remain dissatisfied you have the right of appeal under the Freedom of Information Act to the Information Commissioner. If you wish to exercise this right, you should contact the Information Commissioner's Office at:
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

or via the website at https://ico.org.uk/

Yours sincerely
Victoria Espley

Victoria Espley | Bursar
Tel: 01223 334891
Email: [email address]
www.hughes.cam.ac.uk
Registered Charity No.1137471

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