Common use of Example One Clause in Contracts

Example One. The mother may take 12 weeks after the birth and return to work/ the father is then entitled to take 40 weeks. The mother takes 26 weeks' leave/ half of it before the baby is born/ and returns to work when the baby is three months old/ the father takes one week at the time of the birth/ and is entitled to take 25 weeks after the mother returns to work/ ie a total of 26 weeks for each parent. In this example both have returned to work when the baby is nine months old.