Are you entitled to normal pay for keeping in touch days (KIT)?

The regulations that cover maternity rights do not state what an employee should be paid for working a KITS day but employers are expected to pay your normal rate of pay. You are entitled to be paid at least the National Minimum Wage, for more information on the National minimum wages: https://www.gov.uk/national-minimum-w...

If you work a Keeping in touch day during your maternity you must continue to be paid your weekly Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP).

This is the question we put to employment law solicitor Hetal Gir.

Video transcript

Keeping in touch days are they paid? Employment law Solicitor Hetal Gir will explain in this short video.
Okay so, keeping in touch days, employees are entitled to up to 10 days of keeping in touch days and that's where they can attend work to either do work or training things like that. They, in terms of whether they want to be paid for or not that's up to the employer and employee to agree beforehand and there's no set rule as to whether they must be paid or not, but you can you can work and be paid for up to 10 days without it affecting your statutory maternity pay.
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