how many weeks pay for maternity leave
If you're a mother-to-be who is an employee, you have the right to maternity leave. Mothers have the right to 26 weeks of 'Ordinary Maternity Leave' and 26 weeks of 'Additional Maternity Leave'. That's a total of 52 weeks.Your employers may offer their own maternity leave scheme-check your contract of employment or staff handbook, or ask your employer's HR department.ther conditions are that you were employed or self-employed for at least 26 of the 66 weeks before the week your baby was due and you earned an average of Â£30 over any 13 of those 66 weeks. The standard rate of Maternity Allowance is Â£128.73 or 90% of your average weekly earnings, whichever is less.