Maternity leave end date

So i went on maternity leave after the August bank holiday on tuesday 26th August 2025 (as in this was my first day off). I am taking the full year off and assumed my first day back at work would be Wednesday 26th august 2026 but my work is saying my first day back is 24th august. Is this correct? Does your return date have to be a Monday or something?

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Id double check your HR policies/ask HR if it's not them already advising you of this? My return date is the date of my first day of mat leave aka I left on the 17th of Dec and will return 17th Dec a year later, and this was confirmed in a letter to me from HR once I'd confirmed my first day of mat leave date.

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I imagine they just count it in weeks and that's the end of your year.
If you don't particularly want to start back on a Monday could you use some AL?

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I see, so its dependent on your company rather than it being a uniform thing across all businesses?

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