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Maternity & Paternity Pay: The Employer Reality Database
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Maternity & Paternity Pay: The Employer Reality Database

Thank you for taking part in this survey. Please answer based on your own experience with your current or most recent employer. If a question does not apply to you, please choose N/A when available. Your responses will help us understand what companies offer and what employees actually experience before, during, and after parental leave, and will be used to build a database. Please do not include any comments that could identify you, as all other comments will be included in the database.
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1. What company do you work for?
Please provide the full company name.
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2. What is your company’s maternity pay policy?
Please include any enhanced and/or statutory pay, and how long the enhanced pay lasts.
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3. What is your company’s paternity/partner pay policy?
Please include any enhanced and/or statutory pay, and how long it lasts.
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4. Does your company offer any additional benefits or support for parents?[Choose at most 9 items]
Enhanced shared parental leave
Flexible working
Paid antenatal appointments
Pregnancy loss support
Fertility treatment support
Keeping-in-touch days
Other
None that I’m aware of
N/A
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5. Which type of leave have you taken while working for this company?
Maternity leave
Paternity/partner leave
Shared parental leave
More than one
None
N/A
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6. How would you rate how you were treated during your pregnancy?
1
N/A
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7. Did you feel supported by your employer during your pregnancy?
Very supported
Supported
Neither supported nor unsupported
Unsupported
Very unsupported
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8. How were you treated by your employer and colleagues during your maternity/paternity leave?
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N/A
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9. Did you feel included and appropriately kept informed during your leave?
Yes
Mostly
Not really
No
I preferred not to be contacted
N/A
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10. How were you treated when you returned to work?
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N/A
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11. Did you feel your career progression was affected by taking maternity/paternity leave?
Yes, positively
No impact
Yes, negatively
Unsure
N/A
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12. Did your responsibilities or role change after returning to work?
No
Yes, positively
Yes, negatively
Yes, but by mutual agreement
N/A
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13. How flexible was your employer when you returned to work?
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N/A
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14. Were you able to access the flexibility you needed as a parent?
Yes
Mostly
Sometimes
No
N/A
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15. Did you experience any difficulties after returning to work?[Choose at most 11 items]
Promotion/career progression
Working hours
Flexible working
Childcare
Management support
Workload
Performance expectations
Changes to responsibilities
No difficulties
Other
N/A
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16. Overall, how would you rate your employer as a place to have a baby and return to work?
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N/A
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17. Would you recommend your employer to someone planning to have children?
Definitely
Probably
Not sure
Probably not
Definitely not
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18. What is the best thing your employer does for parents?
Please share one specific example if possible.
19. What is the biggest thing your employer could improve?
Please be as specific as you can.
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20. Do you think your company’s maternity and paternity pay is good enough?
Yes
No
I’m unsure
N/A
21. Any other comments or experiences you’d like to share?
Please include anything else that may help explain your experience.
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