How does maternity pay work?

Question

For example i earn 25000 per year does anyone know what time off i am entitled to and how much i will receive when off?

Answer 1

Check with your employer, but the basic rule of thumb is 26 weeks with maternity pay via your employer and 26 weeks with statutory maternity pay (likely to be substantially less than your salary...)

Hope this helps...

Answer 2

Depends. In Canada you would be entitled to 50 weeks of leave and if you qualify, you can make 55% of your current earnings from EI.

Answer 3

Mickey Mouse is correct in that that is standard, but that is a contractual entitlement, so you should check your contract.  By law you are only entitled to 52 weeks at SMP.

In order to claim the full amount, there are laws that you must abide by such as notifying your employer that you are pregnant by a certain date.

Check out the link below and read the sections on "Maternity Pay" and "Maternity Leave" but remember that your contract may override what is written here provided that it still complies with the law.

Answer 4

mickey mouse is Incorrect

Your company may have a contractual scheme that pays you your full wage for a period followed by half your wage (or something approaching this), it should be in your terms and conditions of employement. If not check with your own HR section

Statutory Maternity Pay (Maternity Pay is Statutory) is a legal obligation of the employer. It is paid for 39 weeks.

To get you must have:

1. Employed by your employer into the qualifying week which is the 15th week before the week your baby is due;

2.Employed by the same employer employer continuously for at least 26 weeks into the 15th week before the week your baby is due.  and

3 be earning before tax an average of £87.00 a week for tax year 2007/8 and £90.00 a week in 2008/9.

You are paid:

90% of your average weekly earnings  for the first 6 weeks

The standard rate (117.18) or a rate equal to 90% of your average weekly earnings. You will get whichever rate is lower for the reamaining 33 weeks

The earliest date that SMP can start is from the 11th week before the week your baby is due and the latest from the day following the birth. If you continue to work after the 11th week before the week your baby is due you can choose when you want your SMP to start

Any contractual scheme is paid in addition to the above payments of SMP

check it out for yourself and to see what you get here: http://www.dwp.gov.uk/lifeevent/benefits...

your employer may offer you 10 days where you can come into work to 'keep in touch' (why the h**l would you?) which was introduced by a new Statutory Instrument in 2007...details of this are here http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/ebu/changes-03.pd...

rememeber once baby is born to claim cghild benefit and if your houshold income is below 56,000 pa to claim Tax Credits as well

Good luck with the wee one