Maternity Leave And Pay
MATERNITY LEAVE AND PAY Ordinary Maternity Leave (OML)
A pregnant employee is entitled to 26 weeks’ ordinary leave, regardless of service, which can start no earlier than 11 weeks before the baby is born. Significant changes were made to leave and statutory pay rules from April 2007. The Notification Week for leave is 15 weeks before the Expected Week of Childbirth (EWC) - 28 days for Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP). COPYRIGHT © 2021 THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF PAYROLL PROFESSIONALS Ordinary Maternity Leave Entitlement and Notice periods From Expected Week of Childbirth on or after Leave Entitlement Notice Period Pre April 2000 14 weeks 21 days April 2000 15/12/1999 18 weeks 21 days April 2003 06/04/2003 26 weeks Notification Week N.B. A woman is excluded from SSP during the maternity pay period which is deemed a 39-week disqualification period from the first day of entitlement to SMP or Maternity Allowance (MA). If not entitled to SMP or MA the exclusion is only for 18 weeks starting from the earlier of - the first day of absence within 4 weeks of the EWC or the day after the baby is born. Additional Maternity Leave (AML) All women are entitled to take extended leave commencing at the end of Ordinary Maternity Leave period and continuing for a further 26 weeks (for those with an EWC prior to 1st April 2007 the woman had to have 26 weeks’ service at the Notification Week).
Additional Maternity Leave - Qualification and Entitlement No printing, copying or reproduction permitted. Earliest Date of Engagement Service requirement 2 years 15/12/1999 1 yearup to the 11th week before the EWC(61 weeks in total) 26 weeks employment up to the end of the 14th week before the EWC 24/11/2002 N/A No service requirement
Entitlement
Pre-April 2000
29 weeks
calculated from childbirth
April 2000
April 2003
26 weeks
April 2007
26 weeks
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