Can an employees Maternity Pay Period start on any day from April 2007 onwards?
Women with an expected week of birth date of 1st April 2007 or later will be entitled to start their SMP on any day of the week. This has changed from having to start on a Sunday as per previous rules. This does not change the fact that an SMP week runs for 7 days, and that entitlement to SMP for that 7 days can only be established at the end of each week even if it’s paid in advance. For example, where the MPP start date is a Tuesday the SMP weeks run from Tuesday to Monday for 39 weeks. It is important to remember this when calculating the last week SMP – if the woman returns to work mid-week this now doesn’t automatically mean she has lost her SMP entitlement to that week.
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