Keeping in touch days

[amyagnew]

On the mumsnet advice page about Keeping In Touch days www.mumsnet.com/jobs/maternity-leave/kit-days it says the following: "Strangely, a day for the purpose of KIT is any part of a day. So even if you only do half an hour on a particular day, that counts as a whole day of KIT gone." My employer has told me that this is not the case and that I need to submit the exact hours that I have worked when claiming for my KIT days. Who is right? Mumsnet or my employer?

Both I think. You do need to submit exact hours, well I do, but it counts as one of my ten KiT and I get paid the full day's wage.

Both. You can do 10 days so one day could be one hour or 12 hours, it would still count as one of your 10 KIT days.

Payment is decided between you and your employer so paying you for a full day is by no means guaranteed, my last employer paid standard hourly rate for whatever an individual worked.

If they are paying you your normal hourly rate then yes of course you need to submit the exact hours you have worked so they know how much to pay you. But whether you work half an hour or eight hours on one KIT day, that is then one of your 10 KIT days used up.

Ah. I see. So if I understand correctly, I can only work on a maximum of 10 days, however much I work on those days. And I should be paid for the hours that I work on those 10 days. Thanks so much everyone. That's really helpful.

"And I should be paid for the hours that I work on those 10 days"

As Rockchick said, payment is entirely negotiable between employee and employer. Some pay a full day regardless of hours, some do full days or half days, some do by the hour. In terms of rate of pay, some top up SMP to normal pay, some pay normal pay on top. It's up to your employer what to offer and up to you whether you accept.