workers. Shared parental pay is a way of sharing the entitlement to maternity This that you can take a maximum of 37 pay or maternity allowance weeks shared parental pay or 35 weeks if between the parents. the mother is a manual worker. Remember you must deduct the number of To opt into shared parental pay, the mother maternity pay taken before the baby is must end her maternity pay or allowance born as well as the maternity pay taken after early. Any untaken weeks of maternity pay or the birth. Maternity pay here includes any allowance can then be converted into shared weeks of occupational maternity pay which the parental pay. mother takes. The mother must take a minimum of two Note that any weeks on paternity pay are not weeks compulsory maternity pay or allowance. deducted. This is increased to four weeks for manual
Shared parental pay is a way of sharing the entitlement to maternity pay or maternity allowance between the parents. To opt into shared parental pay, the mother must end her maternity pay or allowance early. Any untaken weeks of maternity pay or allowance can then be converted into shared parental pay. The mother must take a minimum of two weeks compulsory maternity pay or allowance. This is increased to four weeks for manual workers. This that you can take a maximum of 37 weeks shared parental pay or 35 weeks if the mother is a manual worker. Remember you must deduct the number of maternity pay taken before the baby is born as well as the maternity pay taken after the birth. Maternity pay here includes any weeks of occupational maternity pay which the mother takes. Note that any weeks on paternity pay are not deducted.
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