Bonus entitlement during Additional Maternity leave?

[MissGolightly]

Hi there, can anyone advise on what the situation is with additional maternity leave and bonuses? My work runs a small profitshare scheme (only a couple of hundred quid but it all helps!) and before I went on maternity leave I was given to understand that I would still be entitled to the payout even when I was off on maternity leave. But I just got the money and have discovered that they have deducted the % of the year I was on Additional Maternity leave. Does anyone know if this is correct? V grateful for any advice!

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Hi MissG just seen this - not sure if you're still around. Not an expert but I don't think the normal rules with bonuses apply during AML, so they probably can deduct this.

I belive that dditional maternity leave is different to ordinary, in as much that you do not accrue annual leave or bonus payments in that time...sorry.

The precedent is a case called Hoyland Vs ASDA. If the bonus is so standard that it is more or less considered to be part of salary (eg if everyone in firm gets £300 if profit targets are hit), then it can be scaled back. If it is fully discretionary and varies according to people's individual input and there is no standardisation, then it is possibly sex discrim, regardless of whether OML or AML.

If you google the case you'll find shedloads of details.

Hope that helps