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Maternity pay

Eleanor

Hi all,

We are looking to change/improve our maternity and paternity pay. At present we pay Occupational Maternity pay for the first 6 weeks, paying full pay for those first 6 weeks. After that we pay SMP for the next 33 weeks.

We are really interested to find out what maternity package other companies offer their employees by way of comparison.

Many thanks!

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  • Hi, I work for a non-departmental public body and we pay 18 weeks of full pay and the remaining 21 weeks at SMP rate. We ask employees to return to work for a minimum of 1 month to avoid repaying the difference between statutory and enhanced pay if they do not intend to return but in practice would suggest a compromise like using annual leave to cover this rather than have to find something for them to do for a month when they have been off for a year. We also offer the same for shared parental leave, but this is less any weeks already taken by either parent.
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  • Hi, I work for a non-departmental public body and we pay 18 weeks of full pay and the remaining 21 weeks at SMP rate. We ask employees to return to work for a minimum of 1 month to avoid repaying the difference between statutory and enhanced pay if they do not intend to return but in practice would suggest a compromise like using annual leave to cover this rather than have to find something for them to do for a month when they have been off for a year. We also offer the same for shared parental leave, but this is less any weeks already taken by either parent.
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