Maternity leave and maternity pay

New and updated

• Statutory maternity pay

  Type:

  Quick reference

  Updated to reflect the statutory maternity pay rate in force from 7 April 2019.

• Maternity allowance

  Type:

  Statutory rates

  Updated to reflect the maternity allowance rate in force from 8 April 2019.

• Statutory maternity pay

  Type:

  Statutory rates

  Updated to reflect the statutory maternity pay rate in force from 7 April 2019.

• Maternity leave and pay

  Type:

  Line manager briefings

  Updated to include the increase in statutory maternity pay in force from 7 April 2019.

• How to deal with keeping-in-touch days during maternity leave

  Type:

  How to

  Updated to reflect the increase to the statutory maternity pay rate from 7 April 2019.

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

  Type:

  How to

  Updated to reflect the increase to the statutory maternity pay rate from 7 April 2019.

• How to deal with maternity pay, salary sacrifice and childcare vouchers

  Type:

  How to

  Updated to reflect the increase to the statutory maternity pay rate from 7 April 2019.

• Maternity leave: Redundancy form sent to employee's inaccessible work email address

  Date:

  13 March 2019

  Type:

  Law reports

  In South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust v Jackson and others, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that, as long as the miscommunication came from an administrative error, an employee whose redundancy redeployment form was sent to an inaccessible work email address was not unfavourably treated because she was on maternity leave.

• What should employers consider when publishing parental leave and pay policies?

  Date:

  19 December 2018

  Type:

  News

  The government said in October that it plans to consult on the former employment relations minister Jo Swinson's bill to oblige large employers to publish their parental leave packages. Harry Abrams looks at what the measures might entail.

• 2019 statutory pay rates revealed

  Date:

  28 November 2018

  Type:

  News

  The Government has published the statutory rates for maternity pay, paternity pay, shared parental pay, adoption pay and sick pay from April 2019.