Maternity Leave (Germany)

Before You Begin: This topic applies to German pay groups only.

When you click Maternity in the Reason drop-down list, Dayforce shows settings in the Leave Details, HR Information, and Qualified Earnings sections.

Leave Details settings
Setting	Description
Due Date	The date the employee's child is expected to be born.
Extended Leave	An extended leave period has been requested. Extended leaves can only be requested in exceptional circumstances such as multiple or premature births.

HR Information settings
Setting	Description
Date Evidence Received	The date that the evidence for the leave request is received.
Evidence Valid	A Yes or No value to indicate whether the evidence provided by the employee is valid.
Extension Request Received Date	The date that the extension request is received.
Actual Birth Date	The birth date of the child.
Actual Birth Notification Date	Select the date the notification of the actual birth is submitted.
Live Birth	Select Yes or No in the drop-down list.

Before You Begin: The Qualified Earnings section is only relevant for customers using the native payroll solution in Germany.

Qualified Earnings settings
Setting	Description
Effective From	The effective dates of the maternity qualified earnings. These dates must be within the effective dates of the leave record. A warning is shown if the effective from date isn’t the first day of the month and if the effective to date isn’t the last day of the month.
Effective To
Gross Monthly Average Pay	Dayforce calculates the average gross monthly pay of the employee, based on the start date of the leave period, and populates this field. When the Override Net Average Daily Pay option is selected, you can modify the value in this field.
Net Monthly Average Pay	Dayforce calculates the average net monthly pay of the employee, based on the start date of the leave period, and populates the field.
Net Average Daily Pay	Dayforce calculates the average daily pay of the employee, based on the start date of the leave period, and populates this field.
Override Gross Monthly Average Pay	The override value for the employee's gross monthly average pay.
Override Net Monthly Average Pay	The override value for the employee's net monthly average pay.
Override Net Average Daily Pay	The override value for the employee's net average daily pay.
Override Net Average Daily Pay Reason	Tha reason for the override of the employee’s net average daily pay. This field is only available when there is a value in the Override Net Average Daily Pay field.