May 7, 2026 · 19 min · 14 segments
Parenthood changes everything- including your bank balance. With shifts in your income, sleep deprivation and little ones to care for, how do you make sure your money is working as hard as you are?…
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And paternity rights matter here as well because dads can sometimes be overlooked in this conversation.
What are employees legally entitled to as a basic minimum? And also, in your view, what does good look like in terms of employee parental rights?
Yeah, this is a really good place to start because I think there's a common misconception that because Britain is the sixth richest nation in the world, that we have really substantial maternity pay.
Um, but in reality, we have some of the lowest rates of pay in the OECD, and we have some of the worst provisions for paternity leave and pay.
So it's really important to know the actual numbers so that you can budget and, uh, plan your finances accordingly.
So the minimum, if you're an employee and you start working for an employer without being pregnant already, then you'll be entitled to statutory maternity pay, which is six weeks at 90% of your average weekly wage, followed by 33 weeks at the statutory rate of £194.32 per week.
And then you get m- 12 months' maternity leave, uh, the last three months are usually unpaid.
But the good news is that two-thirds of employers in the UK offer some sort of enhancement.
Um, so the best enhancement that we've seen at Nugget is 12 months' full pay, but enhanced pay can mean anything over the statutory minimum, so it can be as little as six weeks' full pay, which is only 10% above the minimum.
Um, and then for dads and partners, you're looking at the statutory is two weeks' leave at £194.32.
And you can use Nugget's own database to find out w- which employees offer the best policies in this area.
And paternity rights matter here as well because dads can sometimes be overlooked in this conversation.
What are employees legally entitled to as a basic minimum? And also, in your view, what does good look like in terms of employee parental rights?
Yeah, this is a really good place to start because I think there's a common misconception that because Britain is the sixth richest nation in the world, that we have really substantial maternity pay.
Um, but in reality, we have some of the lowest rates of pay in the OECD, and we have some of the worst provisions for paternity leave and pay.
So it's really important to know the actual numbers so that you can budget and, uh, plan your finances accordingly.
So the minimum, if you're an employee and you start working for an employer without being pregnant already, then you'll be entitled to statutory maternity pay, which is six weeks at 90% of your average weekly wage, followed by 33 weeks at the statutory rate of £194.32 per week.
And then you get m- 12 months' maternity leave, uh, the last three months are usually unpaid.
But the good news is that two-thirds of employers in the UK offer some sort of enhancement.
Um, so the best enhancement that we've seen at Nugget is 12 months' full pay, but enhanced pay can mean anything over the statutory minimum, so it can be as little as six weeks' full pay, which is only 10% above the minimum.
Um, and then for dads and partners, you're looking at the statutory is two weeks' leave at £194.32.
And you can use Nugget's own database to find out w- which employees offer the best policies in this area.
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