Agency worker, planning pregnancy, previous pregnancy ill with hyperemesis

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Hi,

Could someone in the know help me please? I currently work in an office through an employment agency in Northern Ireland - ie timesheets submitted each week etc and have done now continually for over a year. I would dearly love to have anotherbaby however I was tremendously ill with hyper-emesis with the result that would I was in previous permanent employment I was off ill from 6 weeks pregnant until I returned from maternity leave..

The questions I have are as follows if anyone could help me please.

1. Am I entitled to maternity pay and if so how much
2. Is there any way that the agency can refuse to pay it (this agency is known to behave very poorly towards its temps).
3. what if any sick pay will I get

Thank you so much anyone reading

A lot depends on your contract of employment, and how much you earn at present. They cannot treat you less favourably due to your pregnancy.

What sick pay would you get if you were off ill? You will get the same during pregnancy, so SSP as a minimum as long as you meet the required income level, possibly ESA after you have used your SSP allowance.

How long are you contracted to work there? If you can't get SMP paid by them you are likely to qualify for maternity allowance paid by the gov, you need to show payslips for 26 weeks work out of the 66 before baby is due.