Won't have a job to come back to

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Hopefully this is the right place. I've tried to google it. Basic story, I'm a live in nanny, plann8on having a child in the near future. The children's dad has found out that I'm looking into it, and that as hes always talking about me going part time, I had been thinking I could work part time, my child could go onto childcare when I'm working.
Turns out he doesn't see that option working and basically doesn't want me back with my own child. Fair enough, that's fine. Now as I wont have a job to come back to, and I'm not planning on resigning, will I still get maternity pay? Aslong as he doesn't try and sack me beforehand!

You will get maternity pay, and your employer will be able to claim up to 103% the cost of that, I believe, from hmrc. But at the end you will have to resign rather than be made redundant, as you will not be in a position to return to your normal job as you are employed as a live in-nanny on the basis that it is just you; he is not obliged to change your terms of employment that your accommodation is for you plus baby.

Honestly, I think it would have been very surprising if an employer had let you bring your baby into their house on a live-in basis. Unless you have your own totally self-contained accommodation? Even then they would not have to let you have a house-sharer, baby or otherwise, but it might technically possibly be feasible if you had childcare such that having a child of your own wasn’t going to stop you doing the hours they wanted you to work.

Thank you, I know there will be no job to come back to and that it won't be a redundancy. I just wanted to check I would get the maternity pay if everyone knew I wasn't coming back.

I live in a totally separate building from the house. I was just surprised as he said I had a job for life, and I can go part time soon as the children are all older.

I don’t know what the answer was is, legally, to the question of whether they are obliged to let you live in their house during your maternity leave, with a baby. As that is not the basis on which you are employed - they offer accommodation for you, not for you and a dependent. I know you didn’t ask that - it has just got me thinking.
Do you get paid via a nanny payroll company? They might be better placed to give you advice.

I suspect that when he said that he wasn’t thinking in the round - that you might not stay static in all other aspects of your life... he had you pigeonholed as ‘nanny’ rather than ‘person with a personal life who happens to work as a nanny’ :)

Thank you. I imagine I wouldn't be able to live here whilst on maternity leave. Aslong as I get maternity pay then I'm fine, I've already got savings.
Yes, well also saying 'you're family' doesn't really help, but that's okay.

He uses his brothers accountancy firm to do it all.