Work out Maternity Leave and Pay

Calculate maternity leave dates and statutory maternity pay entitlement

First off, we need a little info about the employee who’s having a baby.

Here's what we've worked out:

• Your employee can choose to start their maternity leave from: .
• They qualify for Statutory Maternity pay.
• The qualifying week for your employee starts on:

It’s also important to note that if your employee is absent for a pregnancy-related reason on or after , their maternity leave will be automatically triggered.

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