Check if you can get Maternity or Paternity Leave or Pay, or Maternity Allowance

If you鈥檙e having a baby, use this tool to check if you can get:

  • Statutory Maternity Leave or Pay
  • Statutory Paternity Leave or Pay
  • Maternity Allowance

There are different rules for claiming adoption pay and leave for adoptions or surrogacies.

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Before you start

You鈥檒l need:

  • your baby鈥檚 due date
  • your employment status, for example 鈥榚mployee鈥� or 鈥榳orker鈥�

For each current or recent job you have before having a baby, you鈥檒l need:

  • the job鈥檚 start date
  • how much you earned
  • the job鈥檚 end date (if it has ended)

You might need to give information about more than one job.

You鈥檒l need the same information about your partner if you鈥檒l care for the child with them.

You might also be able to get Shared Parental Leave and Pay.