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Maternity rights in the UK – How is holiday pay calculated with SMP?

Thursday, July 29th, 2010
Sarahmce asked:


I am due to go on maternity leave in November 07. My employer’s holiday year runs from January to December.

I qualify for SMP – 90% pay for the first 6 weeks & £112 per week for the remaining 33 weeks.

What I’d like to know is when I’m on maternity leave will I get paid holiday pay at the same rate as when I was working or will my ‘holidays’ also be paid at £112 per week?

I’m due to discuss maternity stuff with my employer next week but I’d like to be clear about this in my own head first! Thanks for any help you can give

Blaise