Maternity leave calculator

Calculator results are indicative. Please raise any queries with your manager.

Required fields are marked with a red asterisk *

Due date

When is your baby due?

Contract type *

Permanent

Fixed term/secondment

Bank staff

Agency staff

Bank staff

You may be entitled to Statutory Maternity Pay. Visit the UK government website to find out about maternity pay and leave .

If you are being treated as an employee go back to the ‘contract type’ step and select the ‘Permanent’ option.

Agency staff

Speak to your agency about your maternity leave entitlement.

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Maternity leave date

Your expected week of childbirth (EWC) is DD Month Year. This is the week, starting on a Sunday, in which the doctor or midwife expects you to give birth.

Based on your baby’s due date your intended maternity leave date must start between DD Month Year and DD Month Year.

When do you intend to start your maternity leave?

Return to work

Do you intend to return to work for at least 3 months after your maternity leave?

Yes

Service start date

To qualify for Occupational Maternity Pay, you must have completed 12 months' continuous service with one or more NHS employer at the beginning of the 11th week before the expected week of childbirth. Based on your due date this would be DD Month Year. To calculate continuous service eligibility criteria consult the NHS Terms and Conditions of Service Handbook [PDF] .

When did you start your NHS continuous service?

Current employer start date

To have worked long enough to get Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP), you need to have been employed by the same employer continuously for 26 weeks by the end of the qualifying week (DD Month YYYY).

When did your employment start with your current employer?

Weekly earnings more than £123

Normal weekly earnings are calculated based on a statutory calculation which takes into account earnings over the 8 weeks before the end of the qualifying week date here.

Did you earn more than £123 per week (before deductions) in this job between and ? *

Yes

Maternity leave policy

Maternity leave employee guide

Maternity leave entitlement

The pregnant employee can take up to 52 weeks of maternity leave. The leave will end if they go back to work. In addition to a period of paid leave, eligible employees are also entitled to take a further 13 weeks of unpaid leave to take their total maternity leave period to 52 weeks.

To guarantee payments you must notify your manager by completing the maternity leave form. This must be completed before the end of the 15th week before your expected week of childbirth. Based on your due date this would be the week starting [DD Month year].

Qualifying week

[DD Month Year]

Earliest start date

[DD Month Year]

Latest return date

[DD Month Year]

Occupational Maternity Pay entitlement

Based on the information you have provided, you [ARE/ARE NOT] entitled to Occupational Maternity Pay. Final confirmation of these dates can only be given by your payroll team.

Full Occupational Maternity Pay

Start date

[DD Month Year]

End date

[DD Month Year]

Half Occupational Maternity Pay

Start date

[DD Month Year]

End date

[DD Month Year]

Statutory Maternity Pay entitlement

When on maternity leave, employees cannot be paid more than they would have received had they been at work. If you are eligible for Occupational Maternity Pay, the first 8 weeks of maternity leave will be paid at your full pay rate. This means that the first 8 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay entitlements will be paid and recovered, so you do not receive more than your full pay.

Based on the information you have provided, you [ARE/ARE NOT] entitled to Statutory Maternity Pay. Final confirmation of these dates can only be given by your payroll team.

Start date

[DD Month Year]

End date

[DD Month Year]