I was due to go back to work on January 2nd after 9 months of maternity leave but gave in my 30 days written notice instead on November 30th. I received my last pay slip and P45 in the post on Friday 22nd, along with the money in my bank account.
As I have a baby who's teething and has a cold atm, along with doing last minute Christmas stuff for the last two days I haven't had chance to breathe, let alone look into this until this morning.
I wasn't paid the (roughly) 18.5 days holiday I'm owed and my P45 says my last day of employment was December 17th? I've worked it out that I'm owed around £1800 which I would have really liked to have gotten me through January and my last working day should be December 30th, as per my 30 days notice.
I was only on SMP which ran out on December 18th. I worked for a very small, family run business with no HR department or grasp of employment and maternity law.
A quick Google tells me to tell my employer straight away and that I'm within my rights to demand the holiday owed be paid to me sharpish. Being as it's now Christmas eve, AIBU? Should I wait until the new year out of courtesy? Or not bother as they've been far from courteous to me this last year (but that's a whole other story 
)?