Duncan Lewis Featured in This is Money sharing Maternity Pension Rights Advice (18 March 2025)

Duncan Lewis’ Ian Hurst has been featured in a recent ‘This is Money’ article shedding light on a mistake some employers have been making in relation to maternity leave and pension contributions.

It has emerged that some women on maternity leave may be owed significant pension contributions from their employers.

Employers are required to maintain pension contributions based on the employee's full salary during maternity leave, even if the employee's pay is reduced during this period. However, advocacy group Nugget Savings has reported that over 200 women have experienced reduced employer contributions based on their maternity pay rather than their pre-maternity salary. The extent of this issue across the workforce remains uncertain.

The advocacy group stated that some of their community have been able to reclaim the money from their employer, yet others have been refused repayments, despite them being within their rights.

Our employment solicitor provided expert advice in the tips he shared with This is Money. The tips are for anyone concerned they may be affected by the pension contribution miscalculations during maternity leave.

To view Ian’s six tips on how people can deal with this issue, you can access them by reading the article below:

Article: Women who took maternity leave could be owed thousands by their employer thanks to a loophole.

About Ian Hurst

Ian Hurst is a Solicitor in the Employment department at Duncan Lewis Solicitors, based in our City of London office. With more than 25 years of experience, Ian has extensive experience in acting for both claimants and respondents in a wide range of employment law matters which include instances of unfair dismissal, cases involving allegations of discrimination, unlawful deductions from wages, appeals and grievance procedures, and breaches of part time work regulations.

For advice or assistance, contact Ian via email at IanHu@duncanlewis.com or by telephone at 02072752872.

Duncan Lewis Solicitors

Duncan Lewis Solicitors is a multi-award-winning national law firm renowned for exceptional legal services and commitment to justice. With expertise in 25 areas of law, the firm is ranked in Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 as a top-tier law firm and has been named a Times Top 250 Law Firm. Headquartered in London, the firm is recognised for its excellence in people management, holding the Investors in People Gold Standard Accreditation, and embraces a paperless, hybrid-working model. The firm was crowned law firm of the year at the LexisNexis awards 2024 and again at the Modern Law awards the year before.