Maternity Pay

skegyuk

Hi,

My partner has been with a company for around 7 months and we are expecting a child around Feb 2012.

I was wondering if she is entitled to maternity pay from her company? If so for how long would they pay her and how much? I have read that you can only claim if you have been with the company for over a year, is this true?

Thanks,
Danny

kirstielou

First of all, huge congratulations on the wonderful news.

Your partner needs to get a ciopy of her companys Maternity Policy. I work in HR and the usual for most companys is:

Pregnant employees who earn at least £95 from 1 April 2011, and have 26 weeks’
continuous service prior to end of the 15th week before the baby is due will qualify for
SMP in full, and the additional 13 weeks of AML.
Those without these indicators will qualify for Maternity Allowance (MA) and this will

be arranged through your local Job Centre Plus office.

skegyuk

Hi,

Thanks for the fast reply.

In our policy it states this:

Employees that have been employed for more than 26 weeks by the end of the 15th week before the expected week of childbirth have the right to take Additional Maternity Leave (AML).

I am unsure what AML is, does this mean she will get full wages or a certain % extra?

Thanks,
Danny

McKneff

Youre a bit quick off the mark, February is 8 months away:eek:

skegyuk

lol very true, but she is worried they are going to fire her / not pay.

clairec79

AML means she can take up to a year off, they don't pay anything after 9 months but her job will be kept for her

skegyuk

Thank you - do you know what sort of level of pay she will get for the first 9 months?

Thanks,
Danny

Welshdebtor

skegyuk wrote: »

Thank you - do you know what sort of level of pay she will get for the first 9 months?

Thanks,
Danny

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/MoneyTaxAndBenefits/BenefitsTaxCreditsAndOtherSupport/Expectingorbringingupchildren/DG_10018741

may provide answers. The company may also have their own scheme.

ironwright

At least she will get is SMP unless the company has a maternity package.

Kitten_Pie

I have a quick question.

I have only recently (january) started working for my employer and am now pregnant, with the rules on maternity allowance I am just within the time limit by 6 weeks. Having recently found out that I am carrying twins my due date has now been brought forward by 3 weeks. So I am still within the timings but only by 3 weeks. The likelyhood of me going into premature labour is quite high, if I am more than 3 weeks early I will be not have worked for the company as long. Does anyone know if this would change things?

mirrorimage0

is there anyway you could take leave no pay for a couple of weeks before starting your maternity leave, i know our company lets us do this if it is in our quiter periods ie around april to july