Hello,
I've been employed continuously for several years but always on short term contracts. I'm now going on maternity leave and due to changing jobs (not my choice, just end of contract) I will only be eligible for Maternity Allowance. I have two questions:
Will my older child be eligible for 30 free hours at his nursery during the whole 9 months of the paid period? He's 3 at the start of my leave period.
Will he be eligible for the 3 months unpaid period? I don't have a job to go back to technically so I'm not sure this even applies to me, and I'm only asking due to the childcare funding scheme.
Thanks