Stat maternity pay ,what is it?

[Lauryn95]

Hiya I work full time but it's classed as a zero hour contract so I'm confused what happens in regards to maternity pay ,Boss said have a Google of statatory maternity pay but it still makes no sense to me at all ,Can someone just explain how this works, do I claim it throughout work or go to the benefits office,when does this happen,how etc just basically a complete breakdown of it 😅 thank you if you can

Depends whether you’re a worker or an employee.

https://www.brighthr.com/articles/leave-and-absence/maternity-leave/zero-hours-contract-maternity-pay/

Try this:

https://maternityaction.org.uk/advice/zero-hours-contracts-maternity-and-parental-rights/

Why is your boss asking you to sort this out? Its literally their job to ensure they pay statutory maternity. Is s/he paying you for your research time?

If you are on a zero hours contract, does that mean you work different hours each week and therefore are paid a different amount each week/month? I think there is a set period of your pregnancy (4 weeks from memory) where they take your pay and your mat pay is worked out based on that. Work out when that falls for you, and see if you can work loads of hours during that period, as that will give you the most maternity pay.

if you are paid a set salary each month, it’s much easier to work out as every 4 week period you’re paid the same!

A month is more than 4 weeks and it’s an 8 week period used to calculate the 90% of SMP.

I always work full time but start and finish times are always different, so some weeks it'll be 36hours the next 42 for example ,Always fluctuates and its bar work so around busy times it's double time etc too ,so even though he's not going to pay me he needs to sort it so I get paid ?

Not necessarily, how long have you worked there?

15 month so will have been 18months when baby is born

So you meet the minimum employment time then. Do you have a hr dept or payroll, they would be better placed to advise you on this than your boss - he may be completely clueless himself.

I think that might be the case as he's just a landlord in a pub he does everything himself

Have you given him your MATB1?

whydo you think he won’t have to pay you?

Sorry, I’ve forgotten all the details as it’s a while since I did it all, but my point stands: a salaried person who is paid the same each week/month will find it much easier to know what Mat pay they get than someone like OP who has differing hours and rates of pay.

OP, use the links above, find out when the qualifying period is and take as much over time (esp at double time rates) as you possibly can during those weeks as it will give you a higher figure to calculate your 90% from.

Isnt it 90% of your usual earnings for the first 6 weeks and then £172.48 per week or 90% of your usual earnings (whichever is lower) for the next 33.

Given that you work full time OP and I assume earn at least minimum wage you’ll be on £172.48 a week for SMP.

For the first 6 weeks you’ll get 90% of your average weekly salary for a set period before you go on leave.

This should be paid in the usual way, you can still make pension contributions from this if you want to.