Submitted on Thursday 27th January 2022
Rejected on Wednesday 2nd February 2022
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Make statutory maternity pay reflect percentage of earnings
I would like the government to reconsider statutory maternity pay, amending it to reflect the average earnings of a person and their tax and national insurance contributions. Those on higher wages contribute more national insurance, the statutory payments they receive should be reflective of this.
For the first six weeks of maternity leave you are entitled to 90% of your average weekly earnings however after this point you are entiled to 90% of your earnings or £151.97 per week (due to rise in April 2022 to £156.66) WHICHEVER IS LOWER. It is unrealistic to expect someone who is earning £30,000 annually (around £500 a week) and has a family to feed, mortgage to pay and a house to heat, to then drop down to around £8000 annually (£156 a week).
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.
We understand that you want to see changes to Statutory Maternity Pay, but it's not clear how you want current entitlements to be changed.
You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like Statutory Maternity Pay entitlements you would like people to have.
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