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Maternity Leave and Pay for MPs' Staff
Latest update 26 July 2010
The Resources Department have provided us with this further updated (late July 2010) factsheet which is written for Members but will be of interest to Staff. The information is correct at July 2010 but may be subject to revision at a later date.
This Factsheet is available as a PDF file here.
As it says at the end of the document: "Should you require further information or advice, please contact the Personnel Advice Service on 020 7219 2080. You can also refer to the BERR guide: http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/layer?topicId=1080898273."
We have also been in touch with IPSA
recently to clarify their position on maternity leave and pay and we shall
be adding information here as soon as we have it. Meanwhile
IPSA's Bulletin No. 6 includes the
following general statement: Maternity, Paternity and
Redundancy Pay We have received a number of queries about maternity
pay and other similar costs, therefore we wish to make it clear that
IPSA will pay any necessary expenditure on maternity, paternity or
adoptive leave for MPs’ staff. We will also pay for the cost of cover to
replace the staff member on leave, provided the cover meets the normal
Scheme rules. This is paid from the contingency fund – not because we
are exercising discretion on whether to make these payments, but so that
these payments do not impact on your capped staffing budget.
