Maternity provision for fixed-term post-doctoral researchers

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J Iqbal
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Dear Peterhouse, 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

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Liz Wake, Peterhouse, Cambridge

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Thank you for your FOI request. We will reply within the statutory period
of 20 working days.

 

Best wishes

Alison

 

Alison Pritchard-Jones

Deputy College Secretary

Peterhouse

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Cambridge CB2 1RD

 

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Fax: 01223 337578

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Alison Pritchard-Jones, Peterhouse, Cambridge

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Please find below the answers to your FOI request of the 6 January 2019:

 

1.      Yes, we employ Junior Research Fellows.

2.      Yes, they are entitled to maternity pay and leave, as detailed in
the extract from the Cambridge University website below. 

3.      Yes we are planning to extend JRF’s contracts  by an amount of
time equivalent to the time taken as maternity leave.

 

All staff are entitled to a maximum of 52 weeks' maternity leave,
consisting of 18 weeks' paid leave during which they will receive their
normal rate of pay (no qualifying period), plus 21 weeks, if entitled,
during which they will received Statutory Maternity Pay, and additionally,
up to 13 weeks unpaid leave.

 

 

Best wishes

Alison

 

 

Alison Pritchard-Jones

Master’s PA

Peterhouse

Cambridge

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