Occupational maternity pay (OMP) refers to the financial support provided by employers to eligible employees during maternity leave, ensuring they receive a salary above statutory maternity pay.
When OMP is missing from an employee's pay within Portal, it often arises due to administrative errors or incorrect payroll processing.
To resolve this, follow the steps below in portal.
Confirm maternity pay
Check whether the employee’s maternity pay is recorded. To do this, follow the steps below.
Click Employee then in the Search name field, enter the employee number.
Click View then under the Statutory and Absences, click Sundry Profile.
Find the specific employee then click View.
From the Sickness Category Code field, select the relevant sickness category.
Click Save.
Check statutory type
If the maternity record has been added for the employee and the occupational maternity pay is still not generating, ensure that the statutory type is set correctly in the Absence Pay Parameter screen
To do this, follow the steps below.
Click Settings then click Absence Pay Parameters.
From the Company Code drop-down menu, select the relevant company.
From the Select Detail drop-down menu, select Absence Types.
To update the Statutory Type details,nhighlight the relevant absence type.
In the Statutory Type field, select the relevant code.
Click Save.