Company maternity and paternity pay - what does yours offer?

[bakinglady79]

Hi All,

I want to see if what our company offers (a private sector tech firm in UK) is competitive in how much we pay for additional (Company) maternity and paternity pay as I suspect it's might not be.

Personally I haven't worked for somewhere that does offer more than the statutory amount, but I want to ask you lovely peeps:

• if you're lucky enough to be paid more than statutory, what your company paid/is paying you/your partner whilst on maternity leave, and

• what you/your partners had for paternity leave (did/do they get paid anything above the statutory minimum amount for their two weeks, or did the company pay more? e.g. 1 or 2 weeks at 90%, full pay etc)

• If you could also let me know what sector your business is in (private / public, tech / travel / manufacturing etc.) and if it's small, medium or large that would be super helpful!

Thanks for all your help!

I work at a not-for-profit (private sector) and we only get statutory.
My husband is a civil servant and gets the 2 weeks paternity leave (full pay! I don't get any full pay!) plus, if we were to do shared parental leave: 6 months full pay, then 3 months statutory and the rest of the year unpaid I believe.
I think the difference is huge and quite frankly unfair. If someone else tells me we're lucky we get anything I am going to kick off (and blame the hormones!)

Private sector not for profit - 6 months full pay, 3 months SMP. Paternity leave is statutory 2 weeks.

Also had a return to work bonus of 2.5k or a month's gross pay, whichever is the higher, clawed back in various increments if you left within a year of returning.

I work for a large charity. We get 3 months full pay, then 6 months SMP then 3 months unpaid. Have to go back to work for 6 months afterwards to avoid paying back anything over SMP. Interestingly, if you go back after 4 months of maternity leave, you get the 4 months at full pay. Seems like a bonus for returning to work early - not sure how that is legal really.

I previously worked in the private sector in a large company, and got 18 weeks at 90% pay, 21 weeks at 60%, then last three months unpaid. I didn't have to repay it when I didn't go back to work.

DH works in the private sector for a large multinational company and his paternity leave is 1 week full pay and 1 week statutory.

I work for a bank. If you qualify (at least 67 weeks of service before due date) you get:

• 12 weeks full pay
• weeks 13 - 39: SMP
• weeks 40 - 52: unpaid

Private sector (financial services).
7 weeks full pay.
20 weeks half pay.
12 weeks statutory maternity pay.

Dh gets 2 weeks paternity leave.

Private school - statutory only. Enormous fees. Low salaries :/

6 months full pay then statutory until 9 months then nothing. Large IT firm.

DH gets full pay for two weeks (I think paying 90% looks mean and hardly worth changing payroll)!

We are v lucky. Because of reduced travel and lunch costs, I was much better off for first six months than when working.

I work in the charity sector and it's SMP only. How on earth does everyone manage on SMP? It's rubbish! I don't know how I'm going to cope financially when baby arrives.