To wonder what job people do if they get good maternity pay?

[Aliveinwanderland]

I have heard time and time again about women getting 6 months full pay, even a year full pay, for maternity leave!

What job do these women do??? Seriously I am tempted by a career change!

6 months full pay-public sector.

6 weeks full then 14 weeks half pay then 13 weeks SMP. If find that male dominated industries (in my experience) pay SMP only as they don't see enhancing mat pay as a priority (despite it costing them peanuts as they employe so few women)

The most I have ever heard of all my private sector roles is 3 months full then 13 weeks SMP

6 months full pay - large charity

I knew a lady who worked (not st a particularly senior level, in branches, not head office or anything) for HSBC when I was on maternity leave. She got 12 months full pay. That was 8 years ago though

Changed names for this for obvious reasons - I work for HSBC and that's definitely wrong. I've been there for 11 years.

HSBC have a standard benefits package, for all roles and at all levels. In the UK, maternity leave is 19 weeks full pay and then 20 weeks at statutory, as long as you've been there for two years. That changed about 4 years ago and before that it was only 16 weeks full pay.
So your lady friend was telling you porkies!

6 months full pay at a University

Friend of mine at morrisons got 6 months full pay - she was a cashier so not management or anything. Think she had to pay it back if she didn't return for a certain amount of time though

9 months at 60% pay. I'm a chartered engineer. We don't have maternity pay - only parent pay. So open to all staff, male or female. So far it's been about 50/50 men and women who've taken it up (been in place for 5 years) and it's seen really positively. We'be probably got 70-80 staff.

Civil Servant for Ministry of Justice. 6 months full pay.
I realise how lucky I am compared to most maternity packages.

Previous employer: big PLC, 6 months full pay, 3 months half pay
Current employer: financial services, 6 months full pay but full bonus for the year (rather than pro rata for the time in the office)

A little-known added extra is to time a due date roughly 6 months after being paid a bonus
When they calculate maternity pay, they take the last 3 pay slips when you are 24 weeks and average them to get your mat pay
If one of those 3 payslips includes an annual bonus, you're much better off and can end up earning a lot more of maternity leave than at work!

My companies maternity pay is shit so no help there.

I do remember seeing that Jaguar Landrover do 52 weeks full pay, which surely has to be one of the best?!

6 months full pay civil service, then amp for 3 then nout for 3 (if you want the full year). Most central govt departments do that but 2 (I think only DCMS & DfE) do even better - 9 months full pay, then nothing for further 3 months (as smp is part of main pay), Sod's law I moved to DCMS and discovered this AFTER having 2 kids. Think it's a bit rich for the DfE to pay so well when teachers get such a poor deal in comparison and overall I don't get why there are such big disparities between the big depts

6 months full pay - HR professional at a University

I did get 22 weeks full pay followed by 17 weeks SMP. I'm a buyer working for a large multinational.

NHS - 6 months full pay 6 months half pay

OK, I think I must have misunderstood my HSBC friend!!!

FWIW, my maternity package wasn't too bad: 18 weeks full pay, 21 statutory pay. Qango.

BikeRun she might have been on about sick pay - HSBC pay up to 12 months full pay sick leave (in a rolling 12 month period) when you've been there a certain amount of time. After 5 years you get 6 months full pay sick leave.

Breadwiddow: if I ever decide to go for another one I know which dept to move to!

I work in the energy industry and I get 9 months enhanced maternity pay and the rest is smp.

Where in the nhs are people working that they're getting 6 months full pay and 6 months half because I've worked in 3 different trusts and they all have the same maternity package.

www.nhsemployers.org/your-workforce/pay-and-reward/nhs-terms-and-conditions/nhs-terms-and-conditions-of-service-handbook/parents-and-carers/maternity-leave-and-pay-section-15

Charity here.-.statutory only.

Financial services, 3 months full and 6 months half pay here

Ten years ago HSBC (UK)didn't have one single maternity leave policy. Some people got just 8-12 weeks and others got 12 months depending on business area - HQ got more. I was hired on a contract which stipulated 12 months before I left.

I'm an NHS consultant - I get 3 months full pay then 3 months half pay- I would love 6 months on full pay!

Jellywitch, glad to have helped! I was kinda tempted for a third myself but DH not keen and ultimately I think the fat pay was part of the temptation!! I could do another newborn, but another toddler? Not so sure. Anyway, I may be moving on to a dept with just the 6 moths full pay (which is a great deal I know) for a far more interesting role

University admin.

4.5 months full pay. 6 months would obviously be better but our holidays are fab & all annual leave is accrued whilst off for up to a year so that's a massive addition (inc 10 closure dats for Christmas & Easter breaks).

Pension contributions & employee contributions are both made by the university after the 4.5 months for up to a year.

I also had no problem returning as 0.5 FTE.

I would agree with PP - look at the organisation as a whole rather then the maternity leave package in isolation.