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Meaning of "maternity pay" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MATERNITY PAY

maternity pay  [məˈtɜːnɪtɪ peɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MATERNITY PAY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Maternity pay is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MATERNITY PAY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

maternity pay

Parental leave

Parental leave is an employee benefit that provides paid or unpaid time off work to care for a child or make arrangements for the child's welfare. The term "parental leave" includes maternity, paternity, and adoption leave. Often, the minimum benefits are stipulated by law.

Definition of maternity pay in the English dictionary

The definition of maternity pay in the dictionary is the pay a woman receives from her work during her absence immediately before and after childbirth.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MATERNITY PAY


apay
əˈpeɪ
copay
kəʊˈpeɪ
overpay
ˌəʊvəˈpeɪ
pay
peɪ
pe
peɪ
peh
peɪ
Pei
peɪ
prepay
priːˈpeɪ
rappe
ˈræpeɪ
repay
rɪˈpeɪ
spae
speɪ
spay
speɪ
Spey
speɪ
strathspey
ˌstræθˈspeɪ
Taipei
ˈtaɪˈpeɪ
tempeh
ˈtɛmpeɪ
toupee
ˈtuːpeɪ
underpay
ˌʌndəˈpeɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MATERNITY PAY

materialness
materials
materiel
maternal
maternal death
maternal deprivation
maternal health care
maternal instinct
maternalism
maternalistic
maternally
maternity
maternity allowance
maternity benefit
maternity dress
maternity grant
maternity home
maternity hospital
maternity leave
maternity ward

WORDS THAT END LIKE MATERNITY PAY

back pay
equal pay
executive pay
full pay
half pay
hazard pay
hell to pay
holiday pay
overtime pay
performance-related pay
retired pay
retirement pay
severance pay
sick pay
statutory maternity pay
statutory sick pay
strike pay
take-home pay
the devil to pay
vacation pay

Synonyms and antonyms of maternity pay in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «maternity pay» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MATERNITY PAY

Find out the translation of maternity pay to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of maternity pay from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «maternity pay» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

产假工资
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pago por maternidad
570 millions of speakers

English

maternity pay
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मातृत्व वेतन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أجر الأمومة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

платить по беременности и родам
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

salário-maternidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রসূতি বেতন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

congé maternité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gaji bersalin
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Mutterschaftsgeld
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

産休手当
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

출산 수당
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Maternity pay
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trả thai sản
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மகப்பேறு ஊதியம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रसूती वेतन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Doğum ücreti
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

indennità di maternità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zasiłek macierzyński
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

платити по вагітності та пологах
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

indemnizația de maternitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επίδομα μητρότητας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kraamverlof betaal
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

föräldrapenning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fødselspenger
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of maternity pay

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MATERNITY PAY»

The term «maternity pay» is regularly used and occupies the 102.351 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MATERNITY PAY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «maternity pay» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «maternity pay» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about maternity pay

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MATERNITY PAY»

Discover the use of maternity pay in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to maternity pay and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Waud's Employment Law: The Practical Guide for Human ...
If she resigns (or is dismissed, for whatever reason) part-way through her maternity pay period, her employer must nonetheless continue to pay her SMP until the maternity pay period ends. Different rules apply if an employee does some work ...
Peter Chandler, 2003
2
Equal pay: employment law handbook
an appropriate male comparator, she is entitled to have included in the calculation of her statutory maternity pay a pay rise awarded to her after the end of the period used for calculating the earnings-related element of her statutory maternity ...
‎2008
3
Workplace Law Handbook 2011: Employment Law and Human Resources
Any period taken during the mother's maternity pay period will be paid; any leave taken after the mother's maternity pay period expires will be unpaid. The eligibility requirements for additional paternity leave (APL) are largely the same as for ...
Alex Davies, 2011
4
Speaker's Conference (on Parliamentary Representation): ...
Employers must continue to make pension contributions during OM L, and any period of AM L during which they are making a payment of Statutory Maternity Pay or contractual maternity pay. The pension contribution should be made as if the ...
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Speaker's Conference, 2010
5
Employment 2010
Pensions during maternity leave The employee continues to accrue contractual pension rights during any paid maternity leave. The statutory maternity pay period is 39 weeks (see below), butyou may also pay contractual maternity payments ...
Wendy Blake Ranken, 2010
6
Work and Families Act 2006: Chapter 18, Explanatory Notes
Sub-paragraph (2) substitutes a new section 165(2) to provide for the maternity pay period to begin with the 11th week before the expected week of confinement. Section 165(3) is also substituted so that, in prescribed cases, the first day of the  ...
Great Britain, 2006
7
Independent review of police officer and staff remuneration ...
If police maternity pay coincides with the 39- week statutory maternity pay (SMP) period, one offsets the other - the officer receives whichever is the greater70. It is, however, possible for an officer to receive three months' full police maternity ...
Tom Winsor, Great BritainHome Office, 2011
8
BTEC First Business
2 How does the employer pay maternity pay? 3 Who actually pays for the maternity pay? 4 What is the length in weeks of the standard maternity leave and what is it for paternity pay? (You will need to do some research.) WANT TO FIND  ...
Diane Canwell, Jon Sutherland, 2005
9
Going to Live in France
To obtain maternity pay, you must send the attestation de salaire (salary certificate) signed by your employer to the caisse d'assurance maladie as soon as you begin your maternity leave. You must then send a similar form to the caisse at the ...
Alan Hart, 2003
10
Blackstone's Guide to the Equality Act 2010
10.63 10.64 10.65 10.66 10.67 • Her maternity-related pay is neither what her pay would have been ifshe had not been on maternity leave nor the difference between the amount of statutory maternity pay and what her pay would have been ...
John Wadham, Anthony Robinson, David Ruebain, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MATERNITY PAY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term maternity pay is used in the context of the following news items.
1
'They want more than we did' – how the Tories made age our …
No maternity pay, even. When I left work to have my first baby, I got a £25 voucher to buy some nappies and that was it. We went down from two ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Why does it matter if I have children or not?
... of professional barriers - time out of the workplace for one, followed by that most terrifying of phrases, 'the maternity pay gap' (the discrepancy ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
3
This Really is a Coup
... tellingly she says that this is because leaving would put the things she holds dear - maternity pay and our open door asylum policy "in peril. «The News Hub, Jul 15»
4
Office conflict - the cost
The court heard how he was decidedly unhappy as a consequence of the lady being entitled to maternity pay. The aggrieved boss stated "If I ... «Bdaily, Jul 15»
5
Greece made me think twice. But I'll campaign for progressive EU …
Exit would leave many of the things we hold dear – be it maternity pay, the right to join a trade union or providing refuge to those seeking ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
6
If the Government Gets Away With the Trade Union Bill, Democracy …
Our holidays, sick pay and maternity pay are all at risk of being negotiated away to please the hard-right Conservative on his back benches. «Huffington Post UK, Jul 15»
7
Shared parental leave are you up to date?
Government advice is that an employer can provide enhanced maternity pay but only need provide statutory pay for SPL, provided that men ... «Lexology, Jul 15»
8
Budget 2015: Key points for family lawyers
Working age benefits other than maternity pay and disability benefits will be frozen, while those aged 18 to 21 will no longer be entitled to claim ... «Family Law, Jul 15»
9
Budget 2015: What it means for you
... age benefits will be frozen for four years, such as tax credits and local housing allowance, but excluding maternity pay and disability benefits. «BBC News, Jul 15»
10
One-child families like mine are getting more common – and it works …
Going back to work four days a week when the maternity pay ran out after 10 months was a necessity in more ways than one. We would have ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Maternity pay [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/maternity-pay>. Apr 2024 ».
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