I work for a large phone company that has been taken in to administration. I'm 5 months into my maternity leave. On the 19th of September I was emailed to say I was made redundant (no notice) in fact if it wasn't for Facebook I wouldn't of known my job was at risk. Anyway I asked about my smp and they said I would be paid from the 1st Sept to the 19th but anything after that would be claimed through government. My pay day is Tuesday so to prepare I rang payroll today to see how much I would be getting so I knew exactly what to tell them when I rang to set up my maternity allowance up ( I received my matb form back today from the company) my payroll team told me I would be getting nothing this month because I owe them money for taking all of my holidays for the year before I left for my maternity which I was told to do not only by my team leader but also hr. It's left me high and dry with no money to come in on Tuesday. I can't even get my redundancy pay for 6 weeks because I have had to claim it directly from government myself. I have rang acas and they couldn't even offer me advice they just told me to get legal help but never answered my question if that was legal for a company to take my maternity pay away. Has this happened to anyone else if so how did you deal with it? Is it right for them to leave me without money?[sad][confused][confused]