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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.
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.
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.
Women should receive the equivalent of the national minimum wage of £10.42 an hour, ministers were told.
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 ...
The 1911 Act provided for maternity benefit of thirty shillings for the wives of those who paid National Insurance Contributions building on the model of the friendly societies. [9] Statutory Maternity Pay is payable to women who are employed and have worked long enough to qualify.
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The Ministerial and other Maternity Allowances Act 2021 (c. 5) is an act of Parliament that allows ministers and paid opposition figures to take up to six months maternity leave at full pay. History [ edit ]