Helping An Employee Prepare For Maternity Leave
Email to the employee - To help you prepare for your maternity leave you'll find a maternity leave policy in SafeHR. The leave policy is under the Family Friendly section. From there you'll also see a Maternity Leave Request Form. To qualify for Statutory Maternity Leave you need to notify us no later than the end of the 15th week before the expected week of childbirth. You must provide a certificate from a doctor or midwife usually available from 20-25 weeks (usually on a MAT B1 form) confirming your Expected Week of Childbirth.
How to Set Up an Employee on Family Leave
When a maternity leave request form is received file it in Safe and set the employee up on payroll on family leave.
Go to Help > Payroll > Family leave
We don't have a family leave scheme. Go straight to 'set up an employee on family leave'.
You will need average weekly earnings. For an auto calculation in SafeHR go to Payroll > Actions >Family leave pay forecast
Write to the employee within 28 days of receiving notification to inform them of the date we will expect them to return to work if they take full entitlement to Maternity Leave.
From mat policya handbook dated 7/24
16. PENSIONS
16.1 During OML and any further period of paid Maternity Leave, we shall continue
to make any employer contributions that we usually make into the relevant
pension scheme applicable to your employment, providing that you continue to
make contributions based on the SMP you are receiving.
Running Payroll
File and EPS to claim some of the statutory family leave costs from HMRC. The system will remind you.