Leaving work after maternity.

Hello ladies, does anyone know what the rules are with leaving your workplace after maternity leave? I am due to go back to work soon but I have been offered another job else where, how long will I have to go back for in my current job before I can leave without paying my maternity pay back??

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Every organisation has a different policy on this. In mine it’s twelve weeks.

Speak to your hr team, every company is different, mine is 1 month for example

It generally depends if you got just smp or whether your company contribute and pay extra. If it’s just smp then you don’t have to pay it back and can leave whenever as they just claim it from the government anyway. However if you had enhanced maternity pay then you’d have to check the company policy as mine wanted me to return for 12m so i opted to just take smp as I knew I wasn’t returning

Definitely varies between company policies - I just left post maternity (not for another job) and even though I got enhanced pay I didn’t have to pay anything back.

You only need to pay back any enhanced pay, so if you’ve only received smp you won’t need to pay anything back or return to work. Just need to ensure you give the right amount of notice.

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