Maternity Benefits Guide - Hampshire County Council

PCSS Internal Basic Maternity Process for Contracted Staff
Notify your Line Manager and the Pay &
Contracts Support Services of your pregnancy
The PCSS will send you and your line
manager relevant information to enable you to
make decisions about leave an pay
arrangements
If you are
entitled to
receive SMP
your
employment
will remain
active until
you run out of
SMP.
IF YOU RESIGN
The PCSS will send you
details of your entitlements up
to the date your employment
ends.
Notify your Line Manager and the PCSS
about your maternity leave intentions
IF YOU TAKE MATERNITY LEAVE
Original MATB1 to be seen
by Line Manager /
Headteacher, but retained by
employee
The PCSS will send you details of your
maternity leave and maternity pay
entitlements.
YOU START YOUR MATERNITY LEAVE
If you agree to work any
Keeping In Touch (KIT) days
during your maternity leave
your line manager will notify
the PCSS
IF YOU DON’T WANT TO
RETURN FROM MATERNITY
LEAVE
You must notify your Line
Manager and the PCSS. The
PCSS will calculate whether
you need to repay any
element of your OMP
IF YOU WANT TO RETURN
FROM MATERNITY LEAVE
EARLIER THAN YOUR AML
END DATE
You must notify your Line
Manager and the PCSS.
IF YOU WANT TO RETURN
FROM MATERNITY LEAVE AT
YOUR AML END DATE
You do not need to need to do
anything. Your Line Manager and the
PCSS will expect you to return to work
at the end of your 52 weeks’ leave.
No
The PCSS will
write to you to
confirm your
resignation.
Is a repayment
required?
Yes
The PCSS will write
to you to confirm
your resignation, the
value of the
overpayment,
whether this will be
recovered from your
final salary or
whether a
repayment schedule
needs to be agreed
with you.
If early return ok, the
PCSS will write to
you to confirm the
required return to
work period.
If need to postpone early
return, the PCSS will write to
you to confirm a revised return
to work date and the duration
of the return to work period
The PCSS will write to
you to confirm the
required return to work
period.
The PCSS will monitor your return to work period to ensure you meet the
requirements to retain all elements of OMP.
Yes
The PCSS will write to you
to confirm completion of
the return to work period
Employee completes
return period Y/N?
No
The PCSS will write to you
to confirm you have not
met the criteria to retain all
elements of OMP, the
value of the overpayment,
whether this will be
recovered from your final
salary or whether a
repayment schedule
needs to be agreed with
you.
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