Maternity pay (uk)

[Mumtobelee]

Hi I'm 26 weeks and wondering if I'm entitled to any maternity pay via government etc ? I only started my new job 2 weeks ago and I will go on maternity leave in January so they will not give me maternity . Is there a way around this please ?

Did you have a different job before this one? If you did you could be able to claim Maternity Allowance

Eligibility

You can get Maternity Allowance for up to 39 weeks if you’ve been either:

• registered as self-employed for at least 26 weeks in the 66 weeks before your baby’s due
• employed for at least 26 weeks in the 66 weeks before your baby’s due

If you’ve been employed, you must have been earning (or classed as earning) £30 a week or more in at least 13 weeks of your employment.

The weeks do not have to be together.

You may still qualify if you’ve recently stopped working. It does not matter if you had different jobs or periods of unemployment.