Maternity pay

[lm95]

Hey

not sure if anyone can help me I have been on Matt leave since the start of the month and my employer hasn’t paid me the full 90% of my wages and is saying they need to speak to the accountant leaving me really short for all my bills they also didn’t give me any prior notice of this before pay day is this allowed?

thanks

Probably not lawful but speak to accountant?? How do they pay everybody else? Do they not have a payroll package they use to calculate wages? This would calculate the correct pay.

Does or has your pay varied?

The actual calculation is 90% of your average Niable weekly earnings taken from the 'relevant period'

If in those weeks you had lower earnings that will make a difference... unless it was lower due to pay rise.

Also SMP is paid in weeks, if the end of the SMP week is in March then it will be paid in March not February...even if most of the week sits in February

They pay us all manually on the last day of the month - they have paid me short of spring 400/500 pounds! I fear a call to Acas on Monday will be needed! :(

This link may be able to help you calculate what you should have.

my pay is a set salary!

www.gov.uk/maternity-paternity-calculator

I have done the calculation and have defiantly been paid around 450 under

I believe SMP is claimed back from the government so it won't even cost them money

Call Acas, but also write a strong worded letter to whoever does your payments explaining that the SMP payment is bound by HMRC regulation and you will be calling them to ensure your payments are correct.

I work in payroll and statutory payments are not to be messed with. It is a lawful payment therefore they can not under pay you. Sometimes error happens, but they should be making it right immediately