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All items: Maternity pay

Are employees entitled to be paid their full contractual pay on keeping-in-touch days?

Updated to reflect the increase to the statutory maternity pay rate from 6 April 2025.
What records relating to statutory maternity pay must an employer keep?
How is statutory maternity pay calculated?
How is statutory maternity pay calculated when there is a salary-sacrifice arrangement in place?
Which individuals are excluded from the right to claim statutory maternity pay?
Can an employee who does not have average weekly earnings of at least the lower earnings limit claim any financial assistance throughout their maternity leave?
What notice of the date that they want their statutory maternity pay to begin do employees have to give?
Where an employee notifies their employer that they are pregnant after they have given notice of their resignation, will they be entitled to statutory maternity pay?
Can statutory maternity pay be paid in a lump sum at the start of maternity leave?
If an employer dismisses a pregnant employee as redundant are they still entitled to receive maternity pay?

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Frequently asked questions and answers on maternity pay.