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Do teachers on maternity leave accrue a right to paid annual leave under the Working Time Directive?

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Do teachers on maternity leave accrue a right to paid annual leave under the Working Time Directive?

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All teachers have a statutory right to 24 days leave under the Working Time Regulations. As a result of case law in Gomez, a teacher must be able to take her annual leave at a time separate to her maternity leave. Very often the 24 days entitlement will have been met during school closure periods either before or after her period of maternity leave .