I think my maternity policy is that you maternity pay is calculated based on the 15th week before your due date. So any changes post that date for example if your pay did go down should not affect my maternity pay.
If you get full pay whilst on sick leave it shouldn’t affect your maternity pay at all. The only thing I would check is whether or not work can force you to start maternity leave early, but as the others have said, they can usually only do that if you’re off with pregnancy related sickness
According to my HR policy if I go of sick the 5th week before my due date then the start my maternity leave is automatically triggered IF OFF SICK FOR PREGNANCY RELATED SYMPTOMS. Worth checking your policy being being pregnant shouldn’t mean you’re not entitled to sick leave that is non pregnancy related I.e. stress
Depends on HR policy - mine is if you go off sick within 4 weeks of your due date then can make you start mat leave from that point but other than that.. I don't know :)
Thanks everyone. I might ring my HR and see what they say. Even if I have to be off and go back a certain time so it doesn’t affect it I will do that. I have annual leave in to start my maternity early anyway.