Hi, I'm a teacher with current baby brain- so help is much appreciated.
I am a teacher who is 3 months pregnant and plan to take part in further strikes in July. However, I am aware that striking can potentially impact my maternity leave and would like some confirmation from others who are in this situation before digging for information at school.
I have found this on my union website:
'The qualifying period for statutory maternity pay (SMP) is 26 weeks’ continuous service. The qualifying service for contractual maternity leave under the Burgundy Book and Green Book is 1 years’ service by the end of the 11th week before the beginning of your EWC. To qualify for Maternity Allowance (MA), you must have worked and paid full national insurance contributions for at least 26 of the 66 weeks before the week in which the baby is due. One day of strike action will reduce your continuous service for these purposes by one week. If taking one day of strike action will reduce your continuous service to less than any of these necessary qualifying periods, you should not take action.
Taking strike action is unlikely to impact on the assessment of your earnings for the purposes of calculating your maternity pay. However, If the strike days fall in the eight week period immediately before the 15th week before your expected week of childbirth, i.e. from the beginning of week 18 to the end of week 25 of your pregnancy.'
I know this states exactly what I need to know but I currently can't figure it out at the moment, my head is all over the place!
Thank you in advance.