Add Statutory Maternity Pay and Configure Absence Policies

This article explains how maternity pay (Statutory Maternity Pay) is handled in the platform and how absence policies can be configured to support paid tenure conditions.

Summary

• How to add Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) to an employee record
• Configuring absence policies: absence types and paid tenure conditions

Adding Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP)

1. Go to Team and select the employee record.
2. Open the employee options (cog/gear icon).
3. Choose Maternity pay.
4. Enter the expected due date and the maternity leave dates.
5. The system will use those dates to calculate the maternity pay schedule.

Configuring absence policies (absence types and paid tenure conditions)

• The platform allows configuring multiple absence types within absence policies.
• You can define paid tenure conditions as part of those absence policies to control pay entitlement during absences.

Conclusion Use the employee's record (Team > select employee > cog icon > Maternity pay) to enter due date and maternity leave dates so the platform can calculate the SMP schedule. Absence policies can be configured with specific absence types and paid tenure conditions to manage pay entitlement during leave.