Need a mathematic brain - maternity pay!

[Youngatheart00]

Can someone give me a worked example of this? I’ve read it several times but brain is frazzled (I blame IVF meds).

Ie - how long in practice would I need to be working there before being getting pregnant?

To receive the first 16 weeks company maternity pay at your full rate of pay, you need to have worked at CompanyX for at least 26 weeks when you enter the 15th week before your baby is due

Did her MatB1 not give her the delivery date at 40 weeks? Surely that's the date you work from rather than the c-section date?

I’ve just dealt with someone who started, got pregnant that week, but was poorly and needed a planned c-section at 37 weeks. She isn’t eligible for anything as the planned date is the c-section date. Nothing we can do. So allow a bit of a buffer if you can.

She should still be entitled as you go by the MatB1 date:

Entitlement to Statutory Maternity Pay and to Maternity Allowanceis worked out based on your expected week of childbirth (sometimes referred to as expected week of confinement or EWC).

There is a calculator to help you on thegovernment website.

For the purposes of working out Maternity Pay, a week always begins on a Sunday and ends on a Saturday. Your expected week of childbirth is the week in which the due date falls, according toform MATB1, which is given to you by your doctor or midwife. It does not matter if you have the child earlier or later – even if the actual date of childbirth is planned, e.g. an elective caesarean

Example – Linda is given a MATB1 form with the date of 18thJune 2018. The midwife tells her she will be induced on the 1stof June for medical reasons. Linda’s expected week of childbirth is 17th June –23rd June 2018inclusive.

Giving birth triggers maternity leave though - the c-section employee might have been planning to work up to the very end but as soon as you give birth it starts so I can see how that might affect any company enhanced pay tbh (there might be discretion) although not for the statutory element.

For the OP - as PP have said, the 15th week before your due date would normally be week 25 of pregnancy so to only need 26 weeks employment is very good, it is virtually from the start bar a week or two!

But maternity leave doesbt change your expected date!

But you are eligible from 25th week of pregnancy so giving birth after that shouldn't affect anything regardless of when you give birth

Did her MatB1 not give her the delivery date at 40 weeks? Surely that's the date you work from rather than the c-section date?

No, because it’s the “expected date of childbirth”, which was known to be 3 weeks earlier than “expected 40th week”. It was the date Given on all official paperwork so was the only date we could use.

She should still be entitled as you go by the MatB1 date

The matb1 date was the c-section date.

Example – Linda is given a MATB1 form with the date of 18thJune 2018. The midwife tells her she will be induced on the 1stof June for medical reasons. Linda’s expected week of childbirth is 17th June –23rd June 2018inclusive.

In our case Linda’s matb1 said 20th October - which is the c-section date. No way of knowing, other than a phone call from the individual, that the actual due date was 10th November. So no official document noting the November date = not eligible. The idwofe refused to change it as they know the expected date of childbirth.

Be a bit careful with your planning re when you get your matB1- loads of people get forward a week to 2 at the 12 week scan.

Good luck OP!

Thank you. It’ll involve a frozen embryo transfer, rather than a natural conception, so does give a little more control.