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name: parental-leave-pay-start-check
description: Check that maternity leave and pay start dates match the notified dates and eligibility.
license: CC-BY-4.0
---

# Parental Leave Pay Start Check

## Inputs
The leave notifications, the eligibility records and the payroll start dates.

## Workflow
1. List notified maternity leaves.
2. Check eligibility and match pay start dates to notifications.
3. Flag mismatched starts or missing eligibility evidence.
4. Return the check without changing payroll.

## Output contract
Employee | notified start | pay start | eligibility | flag | reviewer

## Fictional acceptance test
Fictional quarter: 5 cases; 4 pay starts match notifications and 1 starts 2 weeks late with no recorded variation. Flag 1 case.

## Review gates
Re-check agreed variations before flagging. The check aligns records; HR and payroll own the case.

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Method source: https://www.gov.uk/maternity-pay-leave