Nurses:which weeks do I need to bump my unsocial hours for mat pay?

[SweetpeaOrMarigold]

Requests are going in and I'm worrying I'm looking at the wrong weeks, don't want to do every weekend and get it wrong!
As far as I can tell, they calculate from your pay weeks 17-25. So that would mean I do nights and weekends weeks 13-21?
Those wages won't necessarily come out on week 17 and 25 though, so which pay slips are they going to use? The 2 I've had before week 25, regardless of when they were?
Obviously I can ask HR but I've not even had a positive test yet, just constant symptoms in the tww ffs!!! Just that our shifts are changing completely so we are getting 4 months worth all in one go.
Am planning on coming back from matleave pregnant again, so am gearing up for a LONG time of being skint!
Thanks everyone xx

If you are paid monthly

All the pay you get in the 2 months up to and including the last normal pay day before the end of the qualifying week will count. If you are paid once each calendar month, for example on the last working day of the month or on the same date each month, your employer will usually add together all the pay you received in these 2 months, divide by 2, multiply by 12 and then divide by 52 to give your average weekly earnings.

If you are paid monthly but are paid in multiples of a week (for example, on the last Friday of each month), your employer will usually add together all the pay you received in these 2 months and divide the total by the number of weeks covered by the payments to give your average weekly earnings.

www.gov.uk/government/publications/maternity-benefits-technical-guidance/maternity-benefits-technical-guidance

Thanks 🙂 did read the .gov advice but wanted to make sure I had translated it correctly!

For anyone else finding this in the future, I've found this which is fab! Doesnt take into account extra duty hours, so I just messed with the annual salary part til the monthly net pay came out similar to a decent months pay
maternity.money/nhs-maternity-pay-calculator

@SweetpeaOrMarigold Thanks for recommending us!

We could create an average weekly earnings calculator for those of you who have lumpy pay so you can figure out which payslips matter and input that directly into the maternity pay calculator. Would that be helpful?

NHS calculate on the 2 wage slips prior to your 15th week of gestation, this could be any time really as wegenerally get paid 2nd to last working day of the month. So nights and weekends really make a difference.