(For example: if they have to give your replacment more than four weeks notice or if there is a reason why it would not be in the best interests of the school for you to return when you want to - example: if the children are halfway through a project that is being taught by another teacher). When (if) you go back it is worth considering going back just before a holiday begins rather than delaying it until after the holiday as this way you will return to normal pay through the hols. Thats what the NUT and other threads implied. AIBU in laws spell dd's name wrong - she's 5!! The calculation of holiday entitlement has 3 elements to it: 1. Your maternity leave may commence no earlier than the 11th week before the Expected Week of Childbirth. Teachers, if you maternity leave included a normal school vacation in it (like spring break or winter break, but others could count too), did your schools count that week as a week of leave or skip the week in the counting? A statutory holiday is not considered a non-teaching period, unless it falls within a non-teaching period. Would be nice if I got xmas pay. Keeping this cookie enabled helps us to improve our website. We are using cookies to give you the best experience on our website. For every day a teacher is on maternity leave (which would normally have been a day of work) the teacher accrues 0.3385 of a day’s holiday. The following 3 groups will be affected by these changes: The SNCT did not make any decision regarding the back-dating of these new arrangements. Non-teaching periods are periods during which no work is performed by people engaged in teaching. If you were full time before, but going back part time, then you would obviously only be paid at a part time rate over the holidays as those are your new terms and conditions. half-terms etc)and during maternity leave are ofset against school holidays. You can go back to work on any day of the week, provided you have given the correct statutory written notice (four weeks) and your employer does not object. I will let you all know, when I find out. A group of teachers has gone to an employment tribunal seeking extra days off in cases where their 15 weeks of holidays overlap with the six months of paid maternity leave they are entitled to. Unfortunately I have to. In general, you are treated as being in employment while you are on maternity leave or additional maternity leave. You are entitled to 52 weeks’ Statutory Maternity Leave, made up of 26 weeks’ Ordinary Maternity Leave and 26 weeks’ Additional Maternity Leave. Important Tip 1: If there are school holidays towards the end of your maternity leave, remember you can return to work during school holidays. Teachers are only entitled to the statutory 28 days’ holiday per year and these must be taken when the school is closed. The text of the arrangements is available from. 14 West End Place, I read law at UCL as an undergraduate and then completed the bar, before deciding on a career in education via Teach First. It must be remembered that a teacher while on holiday does not accrue further holiday entitlement. The only time where a teacher may be entitled to accrued holiday pay would be if they take a full years' maternity leave. In this scenario, they would not have received any annual leave for that year, so they would be entitled to accrue at the statutory minimum of 20 days. The leave year for teachers runs from 1 September to 31 August. If you work in a school, the holidays will not make any difference to that leave period because it runs continuously from the date you choose to start it. Knowing her, she will want to know when I intend to go on maternity leave asap, probably best if I have an idea on Monday. The calculation of holiday entitlement has 3 elements to it: 1. The leave year for teachers runs from 1 September to 31 August. Full-time employees have a statutory right to 20 days annual leave, and nine public holidays per year. The “prescribed rate” for 33 weeks (£145.18 per week from 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019). I know maternity leave has to start on a Sunday but think you can go back when you want as long as you give the appropriate notice (think it's still 28 days at the moment). Teachers do indeed get four weeks’ paid leave which they must take when school is out. The calculation of holiday entitlement has 3 elements to it: Any outstanding balance of holidays accrued will normally be taken immediately after the end of the Maternity Leave period (with consultation with the employer). However, they are only legally entitled to accrue for the first 26 weeks, so they would be entitled to 10 days holiday pay during the last month of their leave. Those about to go on Maternity Leave 3. You can find out more about which cookies we are using or switch them off in settings. All pregnant employees are entitled to take up to 52 weeks’ statutory maternity leave around the birth of their child where the appropriate notice has been given. What if my baby is born over the summer? Do I get any normal pay because of this being my usual holiday? Talk widget showing discussions of the day & trending threads, Subscribe to Mumsnet emails direct to your inbox. I went back to work after maternity leave on the first day of the summer holidays and got paid through the summer. The only time where a teacher may be entitled to accrued holiday pay would be if they take a full years' maternity leave. Maternity leave start . You should accrue extra holidays for your eave running through the summer. )I am sure they make maternity pay as complex as possible deliberately ! document.getElementById("eeb-167791-150624").innerHTML = eval(decodeURIComponent("%27%69%6e%66%6f%40%73%73%74%61%2e%6f%72%67%2e%75%6b%27"))*protected email*, Monday to Thursday – 9am to 4.45pm When I go back just before xmas, am I correct in thinking I will get my xmas paypacket. However, you cannot take the rest of your additional maternity leave later – see ‘More information on postponing maternity leave’ below. were you full time before, and going back full time? However, when I looked into the details of maternity leave and pay, I realised that the precious six weeks of full pay at the beginning of my maternity leave would be taken up by the summer holidays – pay that I had already earned by working the entire academic year. You will then be back on full pay during the school holidays, rather than on maternity pay. I may look into seeing whether I will get Dec full pay packet if I go back the Mon before we break up. I also never want to go back !!! This is page 1 of 2 (This thread has 27 messages.). Salaries are based on the current awards and agreements for public sector employees. ie. She worked 1 day and got full pay for the next 6 weeks rather than being stuck on stat.maternity pay which would have happened if she'd gone back the first day of term in september. This website uses Google Analytics to collect anonymous information such as the number of visitors to the site, the most popular pages, type of devices and operatiing used, demographic of users. For every day a teacher is on maternity leave (which would normally have been a day of work) the teacher accrues 0.3385 of a day’s holiday. Thanks everyone-if i went back the day before the xmas holidays would I get paid during the xmas hols? Yes you would so def go back before the holidays rather than after. I am 15 weeks pregnant with my first baby and will have to tell my head on Monday about the pregnancy. Edinburgh EH11 2ED, 0131 313 7300 The first 26 weeks is known as ordinary maternity leave and the last 26 weeks as additional maternity leave. )So best to check your rights with HR or your union. That is a relief - some compensation for going back to work ! Maternity Leave Scheme for Teachers employed in recognised primary and post primary schools. Def going backon 11th now. Occupational maternity pay is also paid for a continuous period of up to 33 weeks. A teacher who takes only ordinary maternity leave (up to 26 weeks of leave) or a period of shared parental leave in which the total leave is 26 weeks or less is entitled to return to the “same job in which they were employed before their absence” (taken from Pregnancy and Work). Your employer has the right to object and delay your return to work date by another four weeks if he/she has a valid reason. I dont understand maternity pay. In the first instance the Association advises any member with questions relating to Maternity Leave and the accrual of holidays should contact their employers HR department to ascertain the employer’s view on the matter. Good luck. You have returned to work and so should be reinstated on full pay from the 11th. We can elect to use sick leave to pay for this time. There, when a teacher falls sick, goes on end of term holidays or on maternity leave, they live empty handed for the period spent at home. Unfortunately if your little one comes earlier then your maternity will automatically start from the birth date (of course! Was doing 5 days but will be doing 4 when get back. The Minister said the correct interpretation of the Maternity Protection Act was that all periods of school closure – summer, Christmas, Easter, mid-term and other one-day holidays – … teachers maternity pay-the summer hols??? They generally include the summer break, Christmas and the mid-winter or spring break. School says teacher not entitled to maternity leave as she is already leave due to summer holidays I have worked at a school since September 2015. My name is Kinza, I’m a Maths Teacher – currently working as Director of Maths at a school in Gloucestershire. Thanks somersetmum-You explained it all brilliantly. Hi! Chapter 10: Statutory Annual Leave/Public Holidays Chapter 11: Unpaid Leave This Circular replaces Chapters Two to Eleven of Edition 2 of the “Terms and Conditions of Employment for Registered Teachers in Recognised Primary and Post Primary Schools” and replaces all previous circulars, memoranda, rules and regulations in relation to these leave types. I started my maternity leave on the 4th June 2006 and it has ran through the summer holidays. For example after taking some maternity leave, when the summer holidays start you could be "at work" and fully … ***y council get a better deal, why does that not suprise me. A teacher’s entitlement to 20 days annual leave and nine public holidays is not affected by her absence on maternity leave. It does seem that everywhere's different but one of my colleages def returned on a Friday because HR were really annoyed because it meant they had to pay her during the summer for one days work (good for her !). Break up on 15th. If you disable this cookie, we will not be able to save your preferences. Hi! Do any fellow teachers know whether it is likely to be full pay or part pay? have spoke to NUT and appears you were right. As discoveed however, all schools are different so check with the union. Hi, I am a secondary school teacher, currently trying to plan when to start mat leave. We are granted 6 or 8 weeks of maternity leave (for vaginal delivery or c section). Teachers on maternity leave now accrue holidays on the same basis as a teacher was at work. For the first four weeks, you will be paid at 100 per cent of salary. Trade Union said I should get paid, but fellow teacher said I may only get part payment. Its not fair!! Guest Posted on 20-01-2010 at 6.27PM . I was just wondering if anyone knew how maternity leave would work out for teachers that finish at the summer holidays. But what really **** me off, is you get less paid maternity leave as a teacher than you do as a council employee, despite the fact all teachers are employed by council! The earliest that you can start your maternity leave period is 11 weeks before your baby is due. The teacher has the option to take at least some of this outstanding balance as an additional cash payment rather than as holidays. The new arrangements are more complex that the previous ones. Not in teaching (well not in my college anyway). The latest date maternity leave can commence is the date you give birth. Those who have recently returned from Maternity Leave, Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association, I was my understanding that as I will have worked the whole academic year and am going to finish on the very last day of term that I would be entitiled to my August pay as normal and then I would start maternity pay as usaual in September. We do have different conditions in some areas. Yippee-I wont starve at xmas. Those currently on Maternity Leave 2. Guest Posted on 26-08-2008 at 2.25PM . West End House, Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings. Wage slip never makes any sense to me! To qualify for occupational maternity pay, you must be covered by the Burgundy Book and employed for at least one year and 11 weeks with one or more local authorities by the expected week of childbirth. Maternity leave HAS to start the day the baby is born. Holidays accrued and to be taken after Maternity Leave. How much trouble am I in? I had a colleage who returned from maternity leave on the Friday before the summer holiday started. In June of this year the SNCT amended the national Conditions of service in relation to accrual of holidays during Maternity leave in order to bring teachers’ conditions of service in line with legislation. Your period of maternity pay will continue during the … Teachers get a rough deal when it comes to holiday and maternity leave. I would check it out. In the teaching profession, however, if you return after six months' maternity leave, you would still be getting atleast 20 days holiday in the remaining six months when you return, so therefore there would be no accrual to cover your maternity leave period. Maternity leave is paid for 6 weeks (or 8 weeks if c-section) using an employee’s accrued personal illness time (including family illness time). Check with your bargaining unit to inquire about using sick bank. Unfortunately you do not get full pay over any holidays, I have checked and checked......You will only gat maternity pay. Thanks for the reassurance! Your teacher salary is determined by your years of service, qualifications and prior teaching and/or industry experience. No, once you have started maternity leave just maternity pay through the holidays I am afraid (also a teacher). In this scenario, they would not … Public holidays and annual leave. I'm in Scotland. Annoying I know! If I then go back in March next year again I will not get anything because I will get the summer holidays … For every day a teacher is on maternity leave (which would normally have been a day of work) the teacher accrues 0.3385 of a day’s holiday. the first 26 weeks when SMP is paid), to the statutory minimum of 20 days per annum. would be nice if I didnt have to go back at all, but thats a different story!! 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