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Where an employee who has given notice of her resignation notifies her employer that she is pregnant during the notice period will she be entitled to statutory maternity pay?


If a pregnant employee is made redundant before commencing maternity leave can her employer pay her statutory maternity pay in one lump sum?

Yes, statutory maternity pay (SMP) can be paid as a lump sum but the employer and employee may end up paying slightly more national insurance than if SMP is paid on the normal pay day (because one large payment is being made). In normal circumstances it is not recommended that employers pay SMP as a lump sum in case something changes during the SMP period to disqualify the employee from receiving it (for example, the employee works beyond the 10 keeping-in-touch days). However, in a redundancy situation it may be more practical to pay the employee her SMP at the outset, rather than keep her on the payroll.

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Where an annual pay rise coincides with an employee's maternity leave will this affect her maternity pay?

Is an employee who suffers a miscarriage eligible to receive SMP?

Where a baby is born before 24 weeks of pregnancy but lives for a short period only, will the mother be entitled to maternity leave and pay?

On what day of the week does statutory maternity pay start?

Will a surrogate mother be entitled to paid maternity leave?

Will a woman for whom a surrogate mother gives birth to a child be entitled to paid maternity leave?

Can an employee take on paid work during her maternity leave?

Can an employer make provision for repayment of contractual maternity pay should an employee not return to work for a certain period after her leave?

Where an employee has been absent on maternity leave must she return to work for a particular period of time before qualifying for another period of maternity leave and pay?

Is statutory maternity pay subject to tax and national insurance?

How much of the statutory maternity pay that it has paid out can an employer recover?

Where a salesperson is not paid commission until the pay date in the month after the one in which she earned it, is the employer obliged to pay her commission earned before she went on maternity leave, while she is on maternity leave?

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