She thinks they are closing the company down so if that is the case I think they could make her redundant. I was made redundant prior to having my DS and there was two girls on mat leave at the time. Our business owners closed all operations in Australia so everyone including those on mat leave were made redundant. Will check out the link Mum2sweetsCs - thanks

But am hoping what BG said it true. End of day she has had the intention of taking year off and it is not her fault if the business closes. BG I know I've seen you posting links before any idea where on the government website she could look up this sort of information.