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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 private company. After 9 years of service I was told that I would be entitled to statutory minimum only. I feel this is disappointing, humiliating and unfair. Women should have the right to feel financially safe and secure in the first months of having a baby and not punished for wanting a family. A few friends of mine had to start their leave a few weeks before the baby was born as they were feeling unwell. If this happens to me does this mean I have to go back to work a month after giving birth? You cannot seriously think that you can reduce someone's salary to £595/month and expect them to be ok? Why do we have to rely on our partners income? What if the woman is a higher earner like in my case? It is more common now that women are higher earners than their partners. But it is still women that have to go through child birth and it is them who should be allowed to be with the child and to enjoy motherhood, at least for the first 6 months - comfortably. These maternity laws are outdated, degrading and unjust.
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  • Hi, I work for a private company. After 9 years of service I was told that I would be entitled to statutory minimum only. I feel this is disappointing, humiliating and unfair. Women should have the right to feel financially safe and secure in the first months of having a baby and not punished for wanting a family. A few friends of mine had to start their leave a few weeks before the baby was born as they were feeling unwell. If this happens to me does this mean I have to go back to work a month after giving birth? You cannot seriously think that you can reduce someone's salary to £595/month and expect them to be ok? Why do we have to rely on our partners income? What if the woman is a higher earner like in my case? It is more common now that women are higher earners than their partners. But it is still women that have to go through child birth and it is them who should be allowed to be with the child and to enjoy motherhood, at least for the first 6 months - comfortably. These maternity laws are outdated, degrading and unjust.
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