Statutory maternity pay lasts for 39 weeks, but it tapers off during that time. While you’re entitled to maternity leave regardless of how long you’ve worked at your employer, they’re only required to ...

Kemi Badenoch has caused an eruption at the Tory party conference after she was forced to backtrack on an attack on statutory maternity pay by initially claiming it was “excessive”. The Tory ...

NO ONE wants to do all the life admin that having a baby involves – but you’ll be grateful later when you’ve saved yourself ...

Over 2.5 million working women in the private sector are entitled to receive only statutory maternity pay from their employer, compared to just 150,000 in the public sector, according to the latest ...

A Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) minister has issued a reply amid calls to increase the amount of Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) mums get. The DWP has been urged previously to hike the flat ...

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More time with your baby, less time worrying about your pension fund.

When you go on maternity leave, your employer must keep paying pension contributions based on your normal salary, not your maternity pay. This matters most if your workplace pension uses salary ...