Statutory mat leave for Nannies- anyone ever received more than one lot?

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My nanny works for more than one employer. She will be going on mat leave this year. I ahve done my homework AND spoken to HMRC. both seems to imply that she can get more than one lot of statutory mat leave. She doesnt believe me and i admit it does seem rather hard to believe. anyone any experience of this. as i have actually called hmrc and they said assuming she meets ll the criteria for all employers (length of service,amount of pay etc) which she does then she is entitled to it.amazing!

No experience. Not surprised though if she does qualify for getting it for each employment.

DWP: Technical Guidance, SMP (see bottom of this page for More Than One Employer)

Each job I expect will have National Insurance deductions, so by paying two lots of NI, then she would be entitled to two lots of SMP (assuming qualifying criteria is met in each job).

thanks. yes had seen that page. it is just a bit too good to be true i suppose. wonderful news if it isnt too good to be true!

I have heard this as well, but i cant vouch for its accuracy. Nice for her if it is though!

so does that mean she would get £123.06 twice a week so really £246.12?

yes exactly blondes. that is my understanding.

I wonder if it mens she gets 90% from you and 90% from other employer resulting in 90% of her total income for 6 weeks, but not the whole SMP entitlement.

guess it makes sense to have 90% from you both

but seems weird if then got smp from both - saying that you both will be able to claim it back, think you get 105% back?

From the HMRC Employer Helpbook on SMP:

Employee has more than one employer

If your employee has more than one employer they can get SMP from each employer if they satisfy all the qualifying conditions. They can choose to take different time off from each employer.

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well to be honest there is that much difference in hte 90% and from me and the SMP is prob lower than the 90% from her other employer

Our nanny is currently on mat leave and is getting two lots of SMP. I was surprised too, but good for her!

We had a nanny who went on mat leave while she was in a nanny share with us. She got two lots of SMP.

Our nanny is on mat leave at the moment, and yes she is getting 2 lots of maternity pay as we employed her on a share. Your nanny can expect to get 90% from both employers for 6 weeks i.e. 90% of her weekly pay (the same as if she had just one job) but then 2xSMP i.e. £246.12 per week, for the rest of the 9 months, or until she decides to return to work.

Do you "share" her in that she looks after both families kids at the same time, or does she work for you and the other family on different days? We shared ours but the other family don't need her back. Been pondering the whole pay situation as we can't afford to pay her double, but I'm not sure she'll come back for the "shared" rate of pay even though she'll be bringing her baby with her...

we employ our nanny separately from her other employer. sounds like you have a bit of a dilemma on your hands jelly. i gues the optimum solution for you would be to find another family to share her with? easier said than done i guess... thanks for the info. i can let her know i really am not making it up!

Well, that seems like a really unfair result to be honest, given that SMP is funded by the tax we all pay.

hiya

i had 2 part time jobs both over 16 hrs a wk, as they were separate contracts and over the min required hrs, I received 2 lots of maternity pay.
If you have 3 jobs all paying tax and ni and over 16 hrs on seperate contracts you get 3 lots of wkly maternity pay!!

Hope this helps!
sarah

ps..not unfair as I pay a higher rate of tax on my 2nd job, so more than pay it back into the system!