Please could someone help me!
I am due to go on maternity leave in June 2023 and plan on returning from maternity at the end of March 2024. We plan on having a second child quickly after the first so I would be pregnant on my return after maternity leave. Does anyone know how long I need to be working back at school to qualify for the full maternity pay for baby number 2?
I cannot find this information anywhere! I'd love to hear from people who had 2 children close together and how long you needed to work to be able to have your full maternity pay for the second time around? I am a teacher if that makes any difference!
Thanks in advance!
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324abc · 17/03/2023 22:42
324abc · 18/03/2023 21:07
I think that makes sense.
I can see online that week 25 is the ‘qualifying week’ for maternity pay entitlement and it says that the 8 weeks prior to that are what is looked at for maternity pay amounts.
Do you think that means I would need to be earning my full pay again between weeks 17-25 of pregnancy possibly?
That’s what I have understood from it!
324abc · 09/01/2024 05:59
I follow a page on Instagram called Nugget which give advice on maternity leave - I’d recommend following them as they have some good advice.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C1FaXqjoq7s/?igsh=cTNnYXNxbm54YWp4
I’m pretty sure you need to be getting your full pay from weeks 18-26 of your second pregnancy. So I am due to go back to work at the start of June and we are going to try and conceive next month so that weeks 18-26 fall around June/ajuly/August so that I am on full pay - hope that makes sense!
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