What is everyone's employment maternity ?

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Didn't realise my work was so bad !!!! I am shocked.
Would love to know what is the 'norm' not including statutory.

Save up a buffer beforehand or return to work earlier/use accrued leave. OMP often has conditions on it, such as return to work for a minimum period.

I was working in a different field back then, but I got 6 months full pay, 3 months statutory pay and 3 months of no pay. I could also have taken up to 5 years off unpaid but would have had to be offered a job at the same level on my return (I didn't though). I think now I would get 6 weeks full pay, then statutory and then nought for the final 3 months.

12 months full pay

At the time, mine was 12 weeks unpaid- it was also in the US.
I had my babies whilst an expat.

All previous employers have been statutory for me, now I get nhs as I’ve been there enough time to qualify, I can’t even remember properly but it’s about 8 weeks full pay, and up to the 6 month mark half pay plus smp, then goes down to smp to the 9 month mark then it’s unpaid to the 12 month mark.

Ours is parenthood leave, so the same for anyone becoming a parent qualifies, they get 3 months full pay, 3 months half pay and 3 months statutory, then when you return you can work 80% of your hours for full pay for the first month. It's great as all dads take at least the first 3 months.

Teaching - works out at full pay for 6m

I had 12 months
3 months full pay
3 months 90%
3 months statutory
3 months no pay.
I opted to spread my pay over 12 months.

8 weeks full pay then statutory. Law firm - awful in my opinion.

When I had my first child my employer only offered stat maternity pay, but you got a bonus, equivalent to two weeks pay, when you'd been back at work a year, and then another bonus if you were still there six months later (so at 12 months and 18 months).

By the time I had my second child, they'd changed the policy, so you now get 12 weeks full pay, then just normal smp for the remainder of the paid portion, and can take the last chunk unpaid if you want a full year off.

I get 6 months full pay and a further 3 months half pay.

13 weeks 100% pay, 13 weeks 50% pay and then statutory

I work for the Local Authority and get 6 weeks at 90% pay, 12 weeks SMP + 50%, then SMP until 9 months.

You can work self employed while on maternity leave so that’s my back up to be honest.

6 months full, 3 months SMP (civil service). It was a significant factor in choosing where to work for me.

6 weeks paid full, then back to work. (Not in the uk)

18 weeks full pay
21 weeks stat mat pay
Then nothing for the rest of 12 months.
I "returned" and went p/t whe I stopped getting paid and used my accumulated annual leave to get another 10 weeks or so

Middle East ?
I had only 40 days paid but I think it has increased to 60 now.

Mine is average, 6 weeks full, 12 weeks half plus SMP, then SMP. We get generous annual leave though that is added, so if you take the full year then you can have another 7 weeks-ish full pay via holiday.

We saved up for mine, needed another £20k to cover the bills whilst I was off! Painful.

DD1 and DD2 I was on maternity allowance. It wasn't counted as income so we were eligable for help (including 15 hours free childcare for DD1 when DD2 was born)

DD3 was a different employer, I had 18 weeks on full pay

We have an equal parental leave policy, which has also replaced paternity leave.
Also applies to adoption & surrogacy

6 months full
3 months 50%
3 months SSP

@habibihabibi yep! I took the 45 too. Love the username!

16 weeks on full pay then SMP up to the 9 month point. I then used accrued holiday to stretch to 10 months but couldn't afford the unpaid section of maternity leave so went back then.

6 months full pay, 6 months smp. But Im infertile so it’s totally useless!

First Child statutory ( over a decade ago ) daughter 6 years ago 90% pay if I return at 6 24 weeks. Last child less than a year ago 42 weeks full pay ( but was part of a negotiation during a promotion ) .