Notice

Yes you can 😊

yes! just make sure you do it at the end of your leave so you keep getting paid until then x

Yep

I did ^_^ waited til about 8/9 months in.

As long as you only got SMP you won’t have to go back. I had 2 years maternity and handed my notice in. My boss actually told me not to hand it in till 4 weeks before the end so I got a whole years worth of annual leave paid ☺️

if you are getting enhanced maternity leave, you need to check your workplaces policy on it. typically places that give you enhanced (more than the government £180 a week or wtv) will have a clause that you need to basically work a certain period to cover the money.

Yes, you can! If you told them you are returning to work, you may have to return for a short period (depending on the company) so that you don’t have to pay back any money.

For example, because I’ve said I’m coming back to work after mat leave, I have to return to work for a minimum of 3 months first before I decided to resign. If I don’t then I’ll have to return my Mat money.

You can always return using your accrued Annual leave

You can but I wouldn’t advise to do it so early, wait 4 weeks before the mat finishes and then hand it the notice so you can accumulate annual leave and receive extra money.

It should say in your maternity policy about your mat pay and conditions. You would have to give your normal notice period and as others have mentioned check your policy carefully about your pay, if you only receive smp the statutory payment from the government and nothing more then you don’t pay anything back. If your work top it up at all (occupational pay) then this often comes with a clause of how long you would need to return to work to not pay it back