Maternity leave and maternity pay

New and updated

• Type:

  Legal timetable

  Rules on calculating normal weekly earnings for family-related benefits for those who are furloughed introduced

  The rules on calculating normal weekly pay for entitlement to and payment of family-friendly benefits and maternity allowance have been adjusted for those who have been furloughed.

• Type:

  How to

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

  Updated to reflect the increase to the statutory maternity pay rate from 5 April 2020.

• Type:

  How to

  How to manage an employee who has a miscarriage or stillbirth or whose baby dies after birth

  Updated to include information on parental bereavement leave and pay, in force from 6 April 2020.

• Type:

  Employment law manual

  Maternity leave

  Updated to include information on the Government's response to its consultation on proposed neonatal leave and pay.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Letter to employee who suffers stillbirth explaining their maternity rights

  Updated with a new section within the letter to cover parental bereavement leave.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Letter to employee whose baby dies after birth explaining their maternity rights

  Updated with a new section within the letter to cover parental bereavement leave.

• Type:

  Legal timetable

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

  Updated to reflect that the draft Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2020 has been finalised.

• Date:

  21 August 2019

  Type:

  Commentary and analysis

  Enhanced redundancy protection for pregnant employees and new parents: Overview for employers

  The Government is pressing ahead with plans to extend the period during which pregnant employees and new parents are entitled to be offered any suitable alternative vacancy if they are being made redundant. We look at how the law will change and the headaches that the amendments could cause for employers.

• Type:

  Quick reference

  Length of statutory maternity leave

  A table summarising employees' entitlement to ordinary and additional statutory maternity leave.

• Date:

  28 May 2019

  Type:

  Podcasts and webinars

  Podcast: Common issues during maternity leave

  Issues that can arise during maternity leave range from the mundane, such as keeping lines of communication open, to the dramatic, such as putting an employee at risk of redundancy. We discuss common scenarios during maternity leave, and how to deal with them.