maternity leave confusion?

[lsharp]

i am 24 weeks pregnant and i am a bit confused about maternity leave. i no that you can have a year off but it is not all paid but i have been told that 9 months is paid is this correct as i thought it was 6 months paid leave?? i understand that you will get 90 percent of my wages for the first 6 weeks and then a set payment after but just want to know how long i get off paid??

[andrea81]

If your are taking Statitory Maternity pay then you are correct about getting first 6 weeks at 90% of your pay. After that, you can take an additional 33 weeks off in total on 90% of 90% OR �112 (whichever is the cheepest).

So you will get SMP for 39 weeks.

x x

[asteroid99]

Your HR dept should discuss this with you. Mine have told me they will book an appointment to explain the finances once I have produced my Mat B1 certificate (I think you get this at 25weeks, but could be wrong as I'm 23weeks at mo).