Maternity leave and maternity pay

New and updated

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

  Type:

  Legal timetable

  Updated to reflect that the draft Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2019 has been finalised.

• What should an employer do if an employee fails to give the required notice for taking maternity leave?

  Type:

  FAQs

• Letter offering a suitable alternative vacancy to an employee who is made redundant while on maternity leave

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to include information on the Government's proposals to extend redundancy protection for employees during pregnancy and after maternity leave.

• How to manage an employee who is absent due to sickness during pregnancy

  Type:

  How to

  Updated to take account of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018.

• Form for an employee to notify the employer of an early birth where their maternity leave has been triggered by the birth

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to highlight the impact of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018, on this document.

• Form for an employee to notify that they are absent from work in the four weeks before their expected week of childbirth wholly or partly because of pregnancy

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to highlight the impact of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018, on this document.

• Letter responding to an employee's request to return from maternity leave on a part-time basis

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to take account of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018.

• Form for notification of an employee's intention to take maternity leave (and statutory maternity pay)

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to take account of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018.

• Form for an employee to request to vary the start date of their maternity leave (and statutory maternity pay)

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to highlight the impact of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018, on this document.

• Maternity leave and pay quiz

  Type:

  Line manager briefings

  A quiz for line managers to test their knowledge on the law and practice relating to pregnancy, and maternity leave and pay.