Pay rise for school support staff maternity

[Sammyc09]

Hi guys I could really do with some advice please. I work in a school and there was a pay rise April 2023 which we’ve had backdated and added in the end of December 2023 pay. I went on maternity 10th March 2023 and returned Monday 11th December 2023. (Mat smp pay ran out Friday 8th) I worked full time hours before maternity, so technically only went part time 11th December. My pay slip for this month doesn’t seem to reflect any extra money. I don’t understand it.
it says -
basic pay 1211.27
maternity offset 424.81. Leaving a difference of 786.36 which has roughly been my monthly mat smp pay - so that’s easy to understand

then it says underneath
Basic pay retroactive 1061.04 and then underneath maternity offset retroactive and the same amount with a minus -
im guessing this is the back pay but it’s been added and taken back off ??

then lastly, there’s a separate SMP of 73.92

I just don’t get it can anyone make sense of this ?? Thank you

It sounds like it’s been adjusted for alabaster.

What would your usual gross monthly salary be?

Edited as my reply was misleading and not got time to type it out again. Apologies!

I wouldn't think you would get a payrise on maternity but it depends on how your mat pay is calculated. You may have received guidance on that before going off? If not, you need to contact your payroll department

@FUPAgirl that isn’t true, if an employee gets a pay increase during either their maternity leave all the relevant period around the qualifying week their SMP will be recalculated to reflect the increase.

I imagine in OPs case she’s had her SMP recalculated to reflect the pay increase following the local government pay award, they’ve then deducted occupational maternity pay to balance it out so OP is not overpaid.

It’s not 100% clear from OP’s description however, so it’s possible there’s something else going on but that’s my best guess anyway.