You have a right to return to work after your maternity leave. Privacy policy Registered Charity No. Resigning after maternity leave.

What you need to do is get a definite commitment out of them as to whether they will be able to let you know, say, by the end of next week. Payment during maternity leave. I asked my employer to consider my request for part time hrs (16hrs a week) at the same meeting, which HR didn't think would be a problem so I also assumed this would be from when my maternity leave ended on July 10th. Your pay and conditions must be the same as or better than if you hadn’t gone on maternity leave.

'I have only verbally agreed to part time at the moment and they haven't confirmed in writing, which they said they would. 8 that you will 'use' and 20 days that you're owed. This advice applies in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Assuming you didn't return to work when your SMP ended, would you receive any payment from your company or would you be using unpaid leave?If you do not agree with the leave calculation then you need to speak to them about that.

In fact, apart from the circulars to all employees, I have had no confirmation of anything in writing yet.

My mat leave started in March, I was due to go back in January however this was not formally agreed. If you postpone giving your notice until when you are actually due back at work, then legally you must work out your notice period, or be in breach of contract. If an employee resigns while on maternity leave, in certain circumstances the employer must pay the employee their normal full pay during the statutory notice period (which is one week for employees with continuous service of one month or more). Since August, I will only be working 4 days a week at 4 hours a day, rather than 7.5hrs per day for 4 days. So will my pay be the same if they paid me 28 days accrued holiday and if they pay my notice period?

Assuming you've given the correct notice, they should end your employment when you stated (unless they're trying to get out of paying you as much holiday?).

” They have said that my SMP pay ends on 21st December and therefore I am due to return to work on 23rd December so therefore would have to take holiday up until my notice period which eats into my holiday accrued which they should be paying me for.”What difference does it make. You do not have to repay any of your SMP or MA if you resign. I was off on maternity leave for almost 10 months and had the normal 90% of my wage for howevr many weeks, i think it was 4 and then SMP. Your employer: In general, employers do not have to pay women who are on maternity leave. Did you agree a return date or did you say then that you would not return to work at all? I am rather confused myself. After Maternity Leave Resignation Letter Example Mrs Joanne Bloggs 1 High Street Sometown X1 2YZ Mr J … Meant to say more than a day's notice to arrange childcare. Employer asked if I would consider taking this holiday immediately after my maternity leave ends (11days), bringing my return to work date to 3rd August (employer has reduced days to 3/4 per week for everyone, so I assume that's how they have worked this out ) I agreed with this. They also said initially that you don’t accrue bank holidays on maternity, it’s only because I sent a citizens advice link to them that they included them so I am already on the defence with them and wanted to check. I explained that I had to work a minimum of 16 hrs a week.

I have had my resignation letter back from work confirming my last working day. Working Families members have access to guides and factsheets which have been designed to support you and your organisation.

You should of course amend the letter to suit your own situations before using it. This was another thing, I didn’t get a letter confirming my start and end date which I asked for so many times. So will they pay my full wages from 23rd December until my last day of notice? Nastiest thing I’ve ever read. I don't think I am taking leave to reduce my working week.

(Apparently, alot of employees were told that if they didnt agree, they would be given 30 days notice)I asked employer if I could work 9.30am to 1.30pm for the 4 days, to make up 16 hrs.

)If I resign, what happens?Do I just get my holiday pay (the 12.5 days pro rata) in the next months payroll, or do I have to remain 'employed' until my holiday is finished, or do I lose the holiday. If you have further questions and would like to contact our advice team please use our advice contact form below or call us. So I've got half the holiday pay paid at the end of May with the final two weeks of SMP and the other half of the holiday pay will come at the end of June. I assumed that from the moment I told them that my intention was to return only working 16 hrs a week, that employer would calculate my holiday as if I was working 16 hrs a week from that point, which would have been at the meeting, just before my maternity leave ended.

Your HR Dept know that a lot of mother's will not return after maternity leave … I agreed I was happy to reduce my working week from 5 days to 4 days, working 4 hrs per day. I decided not to go back after my return to work meeting and found another job which I start in February. However, if you're entering the unpaid portion of your leave then there's no functional difference to what you will get paid.

As you're not physically returning to work it's academic whether you are on annual leave or unpaid maternity leave. What happens when I return to work at the end of my maternity leave?

Is travel time included in working hours? I don't know whether to: A - resign now - giving them more time to find a suitable replacement, but risking an earlier official finish date, and therefore losing holiday pay which I currently accrue at approximately £43 per week. Resigning before end of mat leave Last Post Aketts. If so they will have been involved in negotiating the terms of the hours reduction for everyone so should be able to advise you about dates and how holiday has been affected.In terms of your own request to reduce your hours further, you should be telling them when you want it effective from.

You’re entitled to return to the same job after maternity leave if you’ve been away 26 weeks or less. This is all a bit confusing!

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Resigning after maternity leave. If you received contractual maternity pay (over and above SMP/MA) you only have to repay the top up part of contractual maternity pay if it was stated in your contract or agreed with your employer before you started your maternity leave. They are saying it’s 20 days accrued up until 23rd December and I would have to use 8 days of holiday up until 3rd Jan. © 2017 Working Families. Searching for Leaving Work After Maternity Leave Holiday Pay information? I have agreed to that too.HR are now considering my flexible working hours request and should be writing to me in the near future to let me know if I can have the flexible hrs, and what my new return to work date is. There are set timescales that an employer must follow when a formal flexible working request has been made, have a read about them here.