Only having 3 months maternity leave and still entitled to extra 3 months half pay lump sum???

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I only took 3 months as you need to return to work for 3 months to be entitled to maternity pay. BUT since I am doing so apparently I'm still entitled to the half pay they would have paid me in addition to my normal pay for the hours I actually work.

Has anyone else had this or are HR playing a cruel joke on me and they'll snatch it away last minute? (or perhaps they're making a huge mistake?)

Experience anyone?

i thought you were entitled to 6 months maternity pay, i took off six months and didn't have to pay anything back when i decided not to go back to work, it sounds odd

I know it varies from place to place, I'm in the public sector (university) - I got full pay for 3 months, not just SMP but they said if I didn't go back I'd have to pay any more than the 3 months amount back to them.

I hate all this - so complicated!

If its occupational maternity pay, check your terms and conditions and maternity policy well.

I can't see how you would be entitled to any maternity pay from the time you stop being on maternity leave.

I would have thought you would just go back to getting paid again. With statutory pay, you forfeit it if you do any work (ie: lose a weeks pay even if you only work part of a week)

Find this a bit confusing. Everyone who has been with employer for more than 26 weeks is entitled to SMP, and you can take off up to a year.

If you don't want to go back to work, you either have to pay back a portion of maternity pay, or return to work for a set period of time ( in my case 13 weeks, don't know if this is national)