Maternity leave and maternity pay

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• Effect of pay rise on statutory maternity pay worked example 2

  Type:

  Worked examples

  A worked example setting out how to calculate the effect of a pay rise on an employee's statutory maternity pay where the employee is paid monthly and receives a discretionary bonus during the calculation period.

• Effect of pay rise on statutory maternity pay worked example 3

  Type:

  Worked examples

  A worked example setting out how to deal with the situation where an employee in receipt of maternity allowance becomes entitled to statutory maternity pay as a result of a pay rise.

• No requirement to offer childcare vouchers via salary sacrifice during maternity leave

  Date:

  10 March 2016

  Type:

  Law reports

  The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that it is not discriminatory for an employer that offers childcare vouchers in return for a deduction from pay to cease to offer the vouchers during maternity leave.

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

  Type:

  Legal timetable

  The rate of statutory maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental pay increases.

• Payment for keeping-in-touch days worked examples

  Type:

  Worked examples

  Three worked examples setting out how to calculate payment for keeping-in-touch days for employees in different scenarios.

• Automatic triggering of maternity leave due to pregnancy-related illness worked examples

  Type:

  Worked examples

  Five worked examples explaining how an employer should treat a pregnant employee's absence in various situations leading up to her baby's due date.

• Early return to work from maternity leave worked examples

  Type:

  Worked examples

  Four worked examples setting out the notice an employee must give to her employer to return to work early from maternity leave.

• Early return to work from maternity leave worked example 1

  Type:

  Worked examples

  A worked example setting out the notice an employee must give to her employer to return to work early from maternity leave, at the end of her paid maternity leave period.

• Effect of pay rise on statutory maternity pay worked examples

  Type:

  Worked examples

  Three worked examples setting out how to calculate an employee's statutory maternity pay where the employee has received a pay rise during the calculation period.

• Can an employee choose to start her maternity leave on any day of the week?

  Type:

  FAQs