Aylesbury-based car dealer Vertu Motors has launched an enhanced maternity pay scheme in a bid to attract more women to the business.
The car dealership currently pays maternity pay at a rate of 90% of employees' average weekly earnings for the first six weeks of leave, followed by statutory maternity pay for the remaining 33 weeks - currently £151.97 per week. Under statutory maternity pay regulations, employees can take up to 52 weeks' maternity leave with 39 of those being paid. But under the new scheme, Vertu will pay the first six months of maternity leave at a rate of 90% of the employees' average weekly earnings, and then the remaining 12 weeks at statutory maternity pay level. Vertu employees will be enti...
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