Maternity leave and maternity pay

New and updated

• Type:

  Policies and documents

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

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

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Policy setting out structure of pre-maternity leave meeting

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

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Letter inviting employee to pre-maternity leave meeting

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

• Date:

  10 November 2017

  Type:

  Podcasts and webinars

  Podcast: Handling redundancies where maternity rights apply

  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.

• Date:

  24 August 2017

  Type:

  Survey analysis

  Maternity and paternity leave and pay survey 2017

  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.

• Type:

  How to

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

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

• Date:

  10 March 2016

  Type:

  Law reports

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

  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.

• Type:

  FAQs

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

• Type:

  FAQs

  Does an employee have the right to return to the same job after maternity leave?

• Type:

  Employment glossary

  Maternity leave curtailment notice

  Definition from the XpertHR glossary.