Being made redundant and 23 weeks pregnant!

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I posted a while ago about how I felt I was a victim of pregnancy discrimination. I finally had someone in my office stand up for me. Long story short but company went into administration and now I have been made redundant and I'm only 23 weeks pregnant! From what I can tell I am entitled to maternity allowance at the same rate as SMP but just wondered if anyone else has been through this and can advise me of what I need to do next? Many Thanks

Do you live with a partner? This affects what you can claim i.e JSA and income support

This happened to me unfortunately. What may pay does your employer normally offer? What redundancy package will you get, or do they only offer statutory?

www.gov.uk/maternity-allowance/overview

You might be entitled to contributions-based JSA even if you live with a partner. That's limited to 6 months but that would be long enough for you. Not sure how Universal Credit is changing things though?

Partner works so I very much doubt I will ever entitled to much but he certainly doesn't earn enough to support 3 of us and we still have essential baby items to buy. I had only been with the company just over a year so very much doubt I will get any redundancy package. I'm just gutted. 2 more weeks and I would have still got my SMP q

I was made redundant from a job id been in 8 years at 18 weeks pregnant- so I wasn't entitled to mat leave from my organisation as I wasn't at the point I needed to be at. I got mat allowance- you can apply when you have the form from the midwife that says you're preg (can't think of name?) then send off your last 4 payslips with the app you can choose when you want it to start from I chose from 30 weeks and it was straightforward paid into bank account every 2 weeks.

Your allowance is based on your previous earnings OP

Thanks everyone! Now hunting payslips. I've missed out on SMP by 6 days

You should be entitled to statutory redundancy at least. Your employer HAS to pay this if you qualify.

Contributions-based JSA is based on your previous NI contributions. I qualified on that basis despite my partner earning £40k+. You can claim it in pregnancy so long as you are actively seeking work. Redundancy payments don't usually affect it.

Contribution-based JSA info: www.gov.uk/jobseekers-allowance/what-youll-get

Doesn't look like you'll qualify for statutory redundancy pay as you've worked there less than 2 years: www.gov.uk/redundant-your-rights/redundancy-pay

I don't think there's much difference between smp and mat allowance, there was a big difference between what I'd have got from my employers vs mat allowance but I was a long way off getting it anyway. Think if you look at the payments you'll see there won't be much difference

The difference is 6 weeks at 90% which would have been helpful. Job centre weren't very helpful and neither were HMRC but some paperwork has been sent out to me and should start getting money by the end of the month so hopefully we will be ok