They only have to guarantee your job upon returning from mat leave if you've been with the company for the past 52 weeks. Any shorter than that and they don't need to promise you squat.
Also, men are entitled to take 35 of the 52 weeks of mat leave, called parental leave. Either parent can take it, so it's not really a woman / pregnancy thing. It's just that women generally do take it all, but men can take the full 35 weeks if wanted.
Any money earned during the time off is subject to come off the mat leave pay, so if they got pay outs, it would make sense it would be deducted off what they earned on their leave.
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