Maternity leave and maternity pay

New and updated

• Letter responding to an employee whose maternity leave has been triggered by the early birth of their child

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to include the latest information on the possible extension of shared parental leave to grandparents.

• Policy setting out structure of a pre-maternity-leave interview

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to include the latest information on the possible extension of shared parental leave to grandparents.

• Letter inviting an employee to a pre-maternity-leave interview

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to include the latest information on the possible extension of shared parental leave to grandparents.

• Podcast: Handling redundancies where maternity rights apply

  Date:

  10 November 2017

  Type:

  Podcasts and webinars

  Special guest Jo Broadbent, who is a professional support lawyer with Hogan Lovells, joins us to discuss the rights that apply to pregnant employees and those on maternity leave in a redundancy situation, including the practical steps employers can take to avoid falling foul of the law.

• Maternity and paternity leave and pay survey 2017

  Date:

  24 August 2017

  Type:

  Survey analysis

  XpertHR research into maternity pay arrangements finds a wide variety of approaches among employers paying above the statutory provisions. It also examines how organisations are enhancing paternity leave and pay.

• How to deal with the situation where an employee becomes pregnant again while on maternity leave

  Type:

  How to

  Practical guidance on dealing with the situation where an employee becomes pregnant again while on maternity leave, including entitlement to SMP.

• Effect of pay rise on statutory maternity pay worked example 1

  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 weekly and there are two pay rises between the start of the calculation period and the end of the employee's maternity leave.

• 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.