Maternity pay
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Hey, if you do want to take more months off, you can’t take December as holiday and you’ll need to let them know this asap xxx
Please don't count it as months, but as weeks as it makes a difference. Maternity pay is 39 weeks. However, if for some of those weeks you had full pay, you only receive stat pay (£172 a week) for remainder of the 39 weeks. E.G-20 weeks full pay, you'd get 19 weeks stat mat pay. Any top-up of £172 from benefits such as UC is NOT automatic. You'd need to qualify for it (look up eligibility criteria)- if you did qualify, you'd still need to apply yourself to receive your employer doesn't do for you. They'll pay £172 a week as normally would your salary tho. You're legally entitled to 52 weeks off.Any time off past 39 weeks unpaid. Your employer usually confirms the total time off and what paid with you by 25 weeks pregnant. Appreciate things change (I have to give 8 weeks' notice to shorten or extend the time off I'd agreed I'll take) and some employers are more flexible.
@Danielle your holidays would get added on to the end of your maternity. So after your 6 months full pay, you could then take another 3 months statutory (at £172pw), then after that would be any holidays you want to add on. You can't split the statutory to take holidays in between, unfortunately.
@Katie ah okay thank you
UC depends on how much you and your partner (assuming you're together) get paid and whether you have savings.
@Natalie I get 6 months full pay but used up my holiday for December so I can have that extra month off xx
@Erin oh really it drops that much? I really want an extra couple of months off but I’m not sure if it’s going to work with the pay. Surely I’ll get more UC to cover the rest until I go back properly? Xx
As far as I'm aware, you can claim Statutory maternity pay for up to 9 months. So if you get full pay from your employer for 7 months, then the following 2 months will be at the SMP rate of £172 per week.
chances are youll go onto stat maternity pay which is around £170 a week i believe. mine just stopped 🫠 so now im on £0 per week, woohoo 😂
Hi! I’ve had my 12 weeks full pay & dropped onto statutory maternity pay now for 27 weeks then nothing for the Following 12 weeks 😆 just FYI I got 689.82 & had 71 in tax & 27.60 pension taken off that 🙈 maternity pay’s a joke! You get 10 keeping in touch days to use aswell where you get paid for the full day! Xx