While on maternity leave, employees can agree on up to 10 keeping in touch (KIT) days with their employer. KIT days allow the employee to work or attend training while on maternity leave. This is designed to help employees stay in touch with work while they’re on maternity leave.
During any KIT days, employees must be paid their normal pay (ie what they’re normally paid when working). An employee’s right to mat leave and pay is not affected by taking any KIT days.
KIT days are optional. This means that both the employer and employee have to agree to them.
Generally, when an employee wants to work KIT days, they should speak to their employer and discuss:
how many KIT days they want to work
what type of work they'll do on the days
how much they’ll be paid (this should be their usual salary and cannot be below the national minimum wage)
For more information, see the Government’s website.