In UK - Anyone else get KIT (Keep In Touch) days with their work, I was thinking of starting to use them as early as this month, gave birth in Jan, did anyone else do similar or return quite early?

I’ll be using up some KIT days to on training days. I get a maximum 10 KIT days for the whole of my maternity (which I’m taking the full year).

I used them to bump up my pay. I was only on Mat leave for 6 months before returning part time. I used my accrued annual leave to return on a full time contract for 2 months but have two days off a week. So I was working "part time" but being paid full salary. After this I'll be going part time contractually until September

I left it for when the SMP pay stopped to keep going for a couple months instead, was also a good reminder/ re-introduction after so long off work was fresh in my memory 😊

In my work place, the keeping in touch days, are paid at a full day rate, so only use them when you aren't already getting full pay, or the weeks when you are getting no pay! I think I worked it out, as if I use it when I'm on statory maternity pay I'll earn a whole £2 extra that week.... so deffo saving mine for when I'm on no pay!