Maternity leave and maternity pay

New and updated

• Type:

  How to

  How to deal with a pay rise that coincides with an employee's pregnancy or maternity leave

  Updated to reflect the increase to the statutory maternity pay rate from 4 April 2021.

• Type:

  Liveflo

  Pregnancy and maternity: Manage an employee's maternity leave and pay

  Use this pregnancy and maternity workflow when an employee informs you that they are pregnant.

• Type:

  Employment law manual

  Maternity pay

  Updated to reflect the increase in the rate of statutory maternity pay for pay weeks commencing on or after 4 April 2021.

• Date:

  2 March 2021

  Type:

  Editor's choice

  Miscarriage or stillbirth: Model policy on supporting employees

  XpertHR's Policies and documents tool has been enhanced with the addition of a model policy on supporting employees affected by miscarriage or stillbirth, written in consultation with the Miscarriage Association.

• Date:

  1 March 2021

  Type:

  Podcasts and webinars

  Podcast: Supporting employees affected by miscarriage or stillbirth

  Vicki Robinson, deputy director at the Miscarriage Association, and Jo Broadbent, counsel knowledge lawyer at Hogan Lovells, discuss how to support employees affected by miscarriage or stillbirth.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Letter responding to employee who wishes to return to work early from maternity leave

  A model HR letter to respond to an employee who wishes to return to work before the expiry of their full maternity leave period.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Policy on supporting employees affected by miscarriage or stillbirth

  A model HR policy to outline the support available for employees who have had, or whose partner has had, a miscarriage or stillbirth.

• Type:

  Editor's choice

  Coming soon to XpertHR

  Updated to include key surveys HR roles and responsibilities and pay and reward planning.

• Type:

  Legal timetable

  Statutory maternity pay and other family-related statutory pay rates increase

  The rates of statutory maternity pay, statutory paternity pay, statutory adoption pay, statutory shared parental pay and statutory parental bereavement pay increase.

• Date:

  9 December 2020

  Type:

  News

  April 2021 statutory maternity, paternity and sick pay rates published

  The government has published the proposed statutory rates for maternity pay, paternity pay, shared parental pay, adoption pay, parental bereavement pay and sick pay from April 2021.