Maternity pay question

[flippityflop]

I was wondering if anyone new the answer to this?

If you receive SMP from your company you are not obligated to return to work nor pay back the SMP to your company. Whilst you are on maternity leave you still accumulate your holiday, so in a year I would accumulate 27 days holiday plus bank holidays (which is my companies policy). If I didn't go back to work at all (i.e. I resigned at the end of my maternity leave) does anyone know if I would be eligible to be paid for that holiday I have accumulated or would I just lose it?

Thanks
xx

 

[Clairikins]

Hiya, I think it would depend on the circumstances. If you resign within the same leave year then you should be paid your outstanding a/l accrual but if you've gone onto a new year you could lose it. The easiest way of doing it would be to tag your a/l and b/h on the end of your mat leave and submit your resignation so your notice period runs at the same time. Hth x

 

[Reid]

U shoud ask if u can take the holidays at the end of ur mat leave then hand ur notice in that means u won't lose any holiday. But u will have 2 pay back ur mat pay. Where I am I would need 2 go back 6 weeks 2 work of my mat pay x

 

[J23]

You will be entitled to your holidays paid or otherwise if you have accrued exactly as if you had been at work. Your employee terms, benefits etc are unaltered while on mat leave.

You also do not pay back SMP.

Check out the government's page for all info

https://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Parent...amilies/Pregnancyandmaternityrights/DG_175088

 

[fairykate]

U shoud ask if u can take the holidays at the end of ur mat leave then hand ur notice in that means u won't lose any holiday. But u will have 2 pay back ur mat pay. Where I am I would need 2 go back 6 weeks 2 work of my mat pay x

No, you do not have to pay back SMP as it's paid by the government. You may have to pay back any if you receive a different package from your company though, as you have already said