Apologies if this is in the wrong section, but just looking for some general guidance.
I am going through pre-employment checks for a CS job currently, and am hoping that I will get the formal offer through before the end of the month. I would then need to give two months notice with my current employer, so the earliest (although hoping for sooner!) I can start would be around August/September time.
Next year my partner and I want to start TTC, aiming (in an ideal world...) for a birth between October-December. I know that I will get more information when I'm fully on board, and I've tried to do some research with what I could find online, but would be grateful for any advice that existing CS's can provide around how long you need to have been employed to be eligible for the various 'packages' of payment.
As such, can anyone explain in layman's terms how long I will need to have been working for in my new job in order to get the maximum benefits? Do the policies vary from department to department? I know I will be eligible for certain things from day one regardless, but obviously keen to know if there is a hard cut-off which could influence if we should slightly delay starting a family.