Hi,

Thanks for the advice. I dont think my work will be able to claim the money back if I dont return as there is no rules on paid maternity leave at all and it was only offered to me as I resigned 6mths ago and it was an incentive to make me stay, so no rules were put on it. I think I am just going to say I am taking 12-24mths maternity leave and will contact them if I want to return after that. The only problem will be when I do start looking for work after that period and want a ref, but I'll deal with that when the time comes

Just soo looking for to being a sahm