Community Posts, Tips & Support on Work & Money

So I’m a disability support worker and since being pregnant my hours have dropped. I get paid fortnightly and there have been a couple of weeks where I have not worked a full eight hrs but the following week I work over, average 20-30 hrs per fortnight. Will I still be eligible for ppl? I have lost clients due to no...

Anyone know how it works in terms of payment? I’ve not got my letter yet, only text but I heard people get backpay before their actual first payment. I called the automated line and it said I’m due money at the end of November but this just seems like the normal monthly amount I’d be expecting. Does that include b...

Hey, mamas! 🌟 I’m considering opening a Registered Education Savings Plan (RESP) for my little one and would love to hear your thoughts. Have any of you started one? How has your experience been with it? ny tips or things to consider would be super helpful! Thanks in advance for sharing your insights! 🙏💬…

I'm 23+2. When and how am I supposed to be getting the MATB1? I'm on meds for hyperemesis and with the form I would be exempt from paying (over £50 a month)

After rent and all of our other bills we barely have any money left over. We haven’t been able to save any money and I need us to have at least 5,000 put away for emergencies. What is something you do for another income?

Mums I am devastated, I have a lot going on and life has got on top of me a bit lately which means I forgot to reconfirm my code for the 15 hours for working parents… Has this happened to anyone else? What happened? Do I loose the hours doe the rest of the term? Everything online is quite confusing about it and I ...

So I’m thinking about going back to school or for a certification of some kind I currently hate my job and it doesn’t pay very much not sure about a 4year college but degree but what do you ladies currently do does it pay well? Any certifications that are 2 years or less that you know of that are lucrative ? Any car...

Hi, not from Florida but my job is hiring in the area due to Helene and Milton. Share pls

I’m 30 weeks and struggling with back ache as a new symptom. On top of sciatica… and the rest. I work in care and find the job very physical, plus I have to get timings perfect. Is anyone else in care and struggling? I’m due to leave for maternity as early as 34 weeks. Although I’m struggling so bad I don’t think I’...

Hey girls! Can someone clarify something for me regarding midwife/hospital appointments while pregnant. Someone has told me I should be paid for these?

We've all been there at some point in our lifetime where we were minding our business going about our day and there goes that pretty dress that appear to be most ideal for the next cocktail party you haven't gotten an invite for. Yours could be buying that car you have no need for, pursuing that degree that really w...

Hii! Any reccs for books post-pregnancy to help with the newborn stage? Feel like I’ve read a lot on pregnancy & birth but still feel a bit clueless once baby is here! Thank you so much! 😊

If you’re in the last months of unpaid leave can you claim universal credit just for those months?

Can anyone recommend any pregnancy books? This is my first baby.

Part time or full time Hours and days are flexible Must have some experience Sandy Springs/Chastain Area Hiring Immediately

Since becoming a SAHM, I started up a small business in my hometown. So far I feel like it’s going okay, but are there any SAHM, who also started a business from home, that have any advice when it comes to growing your business? Or even promoting it to gain more customers/ attention?

Has anyone else had a letter about paying some back if you earn a certain amount a year? My husband does earn over the amount it states but bloody hell im so worried what we got to pay back, what’s the point in giving us a payment a month if we got to pay it back 🥲 so worried now.

Hey, mamas. Long post. I'm about 2 weeks away from my second C-Section and tubal, and I have two other kids (18m and almost 5). My husband only gets 7 days off for paternity leave, and it's unpaid. We just moved to a new state for his job because he got promoted, but his pay hasn't increased due to his bonuses not b...

I just can’t bring myself to pay THAT much for it after my mom made a comment that $500 was more than her first down payment on her first car lol 😂

So ive applied for this, my sons got it, ive got the code, what do i do now?? Im on uc, do i have to work like the working families one, theres no information im so confused x