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materity leave
have any of you looked into what materunity pay you will get when you are pregnant? mine is awful,well only what the government say we have to have,which tbh isnt enough to live on so i already know i will only be taking 3 months off.i dont mind as i dont work all day anyway and i do love my job. just wondered what other peoples situations are,coz im a nosey bugger
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i get 6 weeks at 90% full pay, 12 weeks at 50% plus lower rate SMP then 21 weeks at lower rate SMP.
i think i will take the full 9 months off if i can then go back part time. am saving as much as i can now!
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Oh to get even get half pay - now that would be great !!!
i know i can't complain though but i can understand how difficult it must be for those who only get smp.
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see i have it all planned,now all i need is to be pregnant and have a baby
i was worrying about how we would cope when i left my job 2 have my little girl lots of sleepless nights !! but to be honest you do cope & just adjust your lives a little ... my little one is nearly 6mths old & my smp is about to finish but we have coped really well & because we have coped so well im only returning to work part time ..... yippee xx
its just the money that worrys me. i will quite happily work up until i drop,the last few weeks of pregnancy drag so at least it will keep my mind occupied!
im not sure what pay i get but im going to look at my contract actually just to check, i bet its rubbish.....
I am more worried about the childcare costs when i return to work - selfish grandparents are still working
all pregnant employees have the right to take a reasonable amount of time off work. if you should become pregnent whilst employed by the company you are entitled to take up to 52 weeks maternity leave reguardless of length of service made up of ordinary maternity leave and additional maternity leave.
bla bla bla...
EWC = expected week of childbirth
QW = qualifying week
SMP = statutory maternity pay
MA = maternity allowance
you are entitled to ordinary materity leave of 26 weeks reguardless of your length of service you may start your maternity leave as early as 11 weeks before the EWC or as late as the birth its self.
the law requires that you must take at least 2weeks maternity leave after the birth of your child.
you are entitled to all your contractual benefits with exception of pay and commission.
bla bla bla.....
in addition to any lawfull maternity the company will give you an additional 26 weeks maternity leave after the ordinary maternity leave ends.
for the first 6 weeks we get 90% of the employees averidge wage calculated over the last 8 weeks of the employment overtime bonuses and commission are all included.
then after that its smp for the remeinding 33 weeks.
if the employee becomes eligable for a payrise during this time they will automatically be given the higher rate of pay.
this is so confusing!!! it also goes into ante natel care.....sickness when pregnant....contact during maternity leave.....health and safety matters!!!!
looks like im going to have to read it carefully but from what iv extracted for you does it sound legitimate???
I'd want to take as much time off as i could to be with the baby, so we can live off my hubby to be's wages and the pittance what is SMP.
I intend on going back to work though, and my MIL will take care of the baby, and the good thing is, she is 5 mins from us, and hubby to be's work is at the end of our road, so it's perfect really.
Just wish our little one would hurry up and come
What about family tax credits etc, does anyone know if us working gal's are entitled to anything from that?
Sometimes i think i'd be better off unemployed and reeping all the free stuff from the goverment... But i couldn't do it.
you will not get any working tax credit unless you are on a low income but you dont need to have children to get this,so if you are on a low joint income it maybe worth finding out about.
you can also apply for a sure start maternity grant of ??500. if you dont get the higher rate of child tax credit at the moment (girls who alrewady have children) wait until after the birth of your baby when you will get higher rate tax credits as you will have a baby under 1 year. you can then apply for the grant and you have 3 months to do this after your baby is born.either goggle for the phone number or ask in local job center for forms.
i hope this makes sense to everybody.
also rememebr free dental treatments and free prescriptions whilst pregnant!