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If the mother is sick within 11 weeks of the due date for a reason connected with the pregnancy then maternity pay period begins from that week. The benefit is paid by the employer, normally in the same way as you are when are working. If contractual maternity pay is paid then the two will be combined. It is taxable.
The Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 sections 164-171 contain rules relating to the level of pay for people while on maternity leave. s 165, the maximum paid maternity leave period can be set at [52 weeks]. s 166, statutory maternity pay is 90% of one's normal average weekly earnings for 6 weeks.
Women who are unable to get Statutory Maternity Pay may be instead entitled to Maternity Allowance. This money is paid by the government rather than an employer. A claimant has to have worked 26 weeks within the 66 weeks before their due date, and have earned at least £30 a week for 13 of those weeks to qualify.
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Maternity pay was established in British law under the Employment Protection Act 1975, passed by Harold Wilson’s Labour government, building on a Maternity Allowance introduced in 1948 (under ...
Statutory Maternity Pay is available for up to 39 weeks and is 90% of the mother’s average weekly earnings before tax for the first six weeks and then the lower amount of either £172.48 or 90% ...
Demonstration for parental leave in the European Parliament. Parental leave, or family leave, is an employee benefit available in almost all countries. [1] The term "parental leave" may include maternity, paternity, and adoption leave; or may be used distinctively from "maternity leave" and "paternity leave" to describe separate family leave available to either parent to care for their own ...
Maternity hospitals in the UK can be traced back to the 18th century. In 1939 there were about 2,100 maternity beds in London. Most women gave birth at home. At the outbreak of war most of these beds were closed and women were encouraged to leave the capital to give birth.