Hi all, long time lurker, first time poster!
So, I learned on Sunday, and confirmed with a second test on Monday that I'm pregnant with our first baby, my period was around a week late. So I estimate we're having a March 2021 baby.
What I'm really worried about at the moment is in relation to my job.
Long story short, I've been furloughed since April, prior to that they had us on a 3 day week for a few weeks. They still haven't said if and when they anticipate bringing us back (I work in the events industry). Probably in November once furlough support ends, but even then I think they'll make some of us redundant, and the rest of us they'll ask to work reduced hours until the end of the financial year.
Prior to learning I was pregnant I had been planning to apply for new jobs anyway as for various reasons I'm unhappy there, but now that I'm pregnant I feel like that's been scuppered. Ironically, one key reason for me wanting to leave is that my employer doesn't offer any maternity benefits, other than government statutory .
Am I right in thinking that if I got a new job in the near future I wouldn't qualify for SMP and might only get Maternity Allowance?
Another question I have is, is it likely I could find another job where the company would offer me their employer maternity benefits even though I wouldn't be long in the door before I would be off on maternity leave?
While I do feel happy about the pregnancy this has put a dampener on everything and I genuinely feel worried I won't have a job by the time the baby arrives, or will be effectively working PT .
Thanks in advance
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Preganancy, employment, furlough etc - advice needed
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romaniac123 · 22/07/2020 14:37
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