Maternity and Paternity

All expectant mothers are entitled to 52 weeks’ statutory maternity leave (SML), which is split into ordinary maternity leave (OML) and additional maternity leave (AML). Employees have to follow notification rules and might also be entitled to statutory maternity pay (SMP), depending on their length of service and average earnings by the 15th week before the expected week of childbirth (EWC), which is referred to as the qualifying week. All expectant mothers are entitled to paid time off for antenatal care, which can include relaxation classes, parentcraft classes, etc., as well as antenatal medical appointments.

In addition, depending on their length of service and earnings, the partner of an expectant mother who expects to have responsibility for the upbringing of the child could be entitled to statutory paternity leave (SPL) and to statutory paternity pay (SPP).

Similar rules apply in the case of an adoptive parent (statutory adoption leave and statutory adoption pay) and their partner could be entitled to statutory paternity leave (adoption) and statutory paternity pay (adoption).

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Operating throughout the UK with experts on Employment Law on hand in London, Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow and Cardiff, Citation have emerged as one of the United Kingdom’s leading health and safety and employment law consultancies.

Citation specialises in providing fixed cost employment law compliance packages to over 6000 organisations nationally. Citation has been the recipient of a number of Business Awards including the Queen’s Award for Enterprise and is proud of its contribution towards a safe and fair business environment whilst at the same time relieving the burden of regulatory compliance from its clients.