Stat maternity pay???

[Mummykaz90]

Ladies quick question God I'm so confused....so I started my new job on the 25th June 2018...I'm due on the 26th of Feb 2019. And my qualifying week is the 11th November 2018....when I have tried to fill in online if I qualify for stat mat pay. It's days I must have been working continually for 26 weeks up to any date in my qualifying week....I have got this horrible feeling that I don't qualify for stat mat pay from work. Can anyone help me work it out please x

I'm afraid it does look as though you just fall short of the deadline. By the end of November you would have qualified. You will need to speak to someone at work . See if anything can be done.

Have you been on the Gov site to see?

www.gov.uk/pay-leave-for-parents

You won't qualify for maternity pay but you should qualify for maternity allowance. It's the same except you don't get the first 6 weeks at 90%, just the statuatary for the whole time.
Check out the government website and complete the forms as soon a possible as there was a backlog when I used it before.

Were you pregnant before starting the job? Normally need to have worked for 26 weeks by the time you are 25 weeks pregnant. If you don't qualify for SMP then you could apply for maternity allowance

Hi ladies. Yes I would have been pregnant before I started my new job but I didn't know and I didn't find out until 3 weeks into my new job. If I'd have known I would have stayed at my other job. Bloody typical that that's the case. But I'll hand my matb form to work this week anyway and if they say no guess I'll just apply for mat allowance. Thanks for the help ladies x

Hi @Mummykaz90 you can look into getting maternity allowance from the government. I left my job (which included a lot of EU travel & time away from home) due to pregnancy. Personal choice. I opted for a slighty easier job but meant sacrificing my SMP.

It's based on your earnings, allthough it's capped at £145/week.

www.gov.uk/maternity-allowance/how-to-claim

I had this problem. You need to apply for Maternity Allowance on the official gov.uk website. Print off the form along with the notes section and fill it out. You really need the notes as it goes by a set timetable of dates. I must warn you it's 23 pages long and took me around 2 hours.
I qualified for maternity allowance from working at my previous job as the qualifying weeks tallied up with when I was employed by previous employer. I found that out after receiving the decision letter in the post. I'm getting £145 a week which is same as SMP, and I don't qualify for SMP at my current job due to being pregnant like you when I started.
You can't send off the Maternity Allowance form until your 26 weeks, if you send it before then it gets rejected. You also need to include a from form your current employer stating you don't qualify for SMP, along with your MAT B form. Along with 13 weeks worth of wage slips.
Hope this helps.

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