Maternity Pay

Maternity pay is the unalienable right of a woman to receive payment when she takes care of a new borne baby or is on maternity leave. By law in the UK, all employed women should get maternity pay from their employers. At DNA Bioscience, we provide guidance to women about  maternity pay and should you require any information or assistance we will do our utmost to help you.

The following rules apply to maternity pay:

Usually employees are entitled to paid time off to keep appointments for antenatal care made on the advice of a registered medical practitioner, registered mid-wife or registered health visitor.

Employees should receive maternity pay at their normal hourly rate of pay during the period of time off. The rate is calculated by dividing the amount of a week's pay by the number of hours the employee normally works in a week.

The employee's normal working hours will usually be clear from the agreed terms and conditions of their employment, or from the written statement of main employment particulars. If the employee's working hours vary from week to week, they should be averaged over the previous twelve completed working weeks. Overtime is only counted if it is compulsory under the terms of the employment contract.

If the employee has not completed twelve weeks service, the average should be estimated in the light of what could be reasonably expected from the agreed terms and condition of employment and from the work pattern of any fellow employees in comparable jobs.

If the employee is entitled to payment for time off both under the agreed terms and conditions and under these statutory provisions such entitlements are offset against each other.

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