Case study Maternity Leave Management

The client's HR expert had difficulties working with employees who are in maternity leave:

"The administrative requirements are constantly changing, including the relevant documents that must be submitted to state institutions during the period of the maternity leave. I have difficulties in tracking these changes, selecting the right applications and organizing their filling on time. Just for the first year, the Employee must present 3 sick leaves from the doctor and to sign 2 declarations and the Employer has to declare them on time to NSSI."

"I have to monitor the mother's mandatory changes in circumstances, but this is just one of the many task that I have. My main focus is on the new hirings and servicing of the current employees. Lack of time and process in place for tracking the important dates for the mothers in advance often leads to omissions and inaccuracies. In addition, during maternity leave we do not see the employee and it is quite real to forget someone."

"The legislation provides different opportunities for employee at each stage of the maternity period. Unforeseen questions arise and I often have to turn to Sb as an external specialist to answer them and this leads to a waste of time."

"Managing employees who are at a very special moment in their lives, namely motherhood, is a rather complex process. At this point, employees are focused on worries and problems related to the new member of their family. They do not have the knowledge and all the information about their obligations during this period. The Law has left this in general to their responsibility, but as we value our team, we would like to pay special attention the our colleagues during this period. How could Sb assist in the Maternity Leaves management?"

Sb Maternity Leave Management Solution - Special attention to your employees

Sb Maternity Leave Management is a specially designed solution that facilitates and improves all administrative activities and processes in the period of maternity leave of employees. It covers the entire cycle from professional advice and consultancy with personal contact person, through tracking and preparation of all necessarily, to the calculation of due leaves and archiving the documents.

We ensure a special focus and attention to your employees at this delicate moment for their families, a smooth administration process and full compliance with legal requirements, which ensures peace of mind and regularity of benefits received.

Sb Approach:
- Preliminary appointed, professional contact person who communicate directly with your employees in the course of the maternity leave
- Tracking the moment for the obligatory changes in the circumstances and selection of the correct application
- Arrange the preparation and the execution of the required applications
- Representation and submission of the necessary documents to the relevant institutions
- Personal solution for coming back to work for each employee in maternity leave
- Calculation of the due leave and the ways of its use
- Archiving the documents to the Labour file

Sb Advisory services:
- Coming back during the first year
- Conditions for the second year of the Maternity leave
- Unpaid leave after the second year
- Legal regulations for childcare up to 8 years of age
- Transferring the maternity leave to other family members
- Returning to work on half day, compensation and half of the salary
- Specifics for the adoptive mother
- Flexible working hours after returning to work

The Benefits:
- Accurate and timely submission of all documents that leads to the fully compliance with the legal requirements of the Employer
- Freed up time of the HR team to focus on value added tasks related to development and enlarging the team
- Professional assistance and special attention to your employees, which ensures peace of mind and regularity of benefits received
- Full compliance with Bulgarian legislation regarding maternity leave management
- Improved employee experience during a delicate period in their lives
- Reduced administrative burden on internal HR team
- Expert guidance on complex maternity leave regulations and procedures