Community Posts, Tips & Support on Work & Money

Hello I am currently on uc and my partner works full time but he's just started earning 2100 so now if have said I'm not entitled to anything and I need to go to work but I literally can't get a job because I have no family to look after my little boy and can't afford nursery after my partner pays his debt and car a...

Does anyone have any tips/ ideas on how to earn extra money during Maternity leave? I’ve just looked at my employers maternity pay and it’s worse than I thought. It really is a scary thought!

Can anyone help. I’ve been charged with a NHS penalty for a prescription as they have no record that I am on maternity leave. I never recall getting my certificate from my midwife. Does anyone know where I can find this? Do I need to go back to my midwife? HELPP

Do that kind of job exists? Probably I’m entitled but I want to do something on my free times but not being attached to the computer or headset for the whole shift. Works like that exists?

Hi fellow mommies. I currently work part time and hubby works full time. However, I am wanting a side hustle for a little bit of money to treat myself and my baby while at home during the week. I've been thinking about being a blogger. I hear bloggers make a good amount of money. Any suggestions?

29 more days til I meet my little boy! I'm trying to get everything ready! I'm a little confused about getting my baby set up with insurance. I am in Soonercare. For the moms that also use Soonercare, how did you set your baby up to have insurance once they were born?

Okay so I’m 22 weeks today and I’ve been working for a while and sometimes it’s a lot with all of the back pain and standing all the time (I’m a cashier) and my manager said we aren’t allowed to have a chair or anything. But working is genuinely so draining. I’m grateful I can work I’m just so so tired and my hip hu...

Got a letter through the post saying I owe them money cause I didn’t pay enough tax? Can someone explain this to me I don’t understand I’ve been on mat leave since last August and had 3 paychecks between April and August. I did get enhanced maternity leave from my employer but how does that work I didn’t pay enough ...

Is there any thing we need to give our employer before 20 weeks ? I can’t remember if I did with my first. Like what info or forms we have to give in to work

Of course who knows if it’ll happen anyway but.. I have a daughter already, thinking about second, part of me wants to wait and be on maternity leave with my second when my first starts school so I get more time with the second baby while my eldest would be at school?! Is this a silly thought? My daughter goes to ...

I returned to work today, with 27 days AL. 2 of which are carried forward from last year. I have until April before my hols renew again, can I carry forward any spare again to 25-26? My company policy is usually a maximum of 5.

Feel like I’m going insane. I need something to do but something that either costs nothing or cheap as SMP is not great. Thank you :)

Would like to boost our savings a little but every penny is accounted for at the moment. Have looked at finding a second income but unsure where to start.. I can’t work extra hours outside our home due to childcare issues and car sharing. Any help is appreciated.

So I’m currently on the final written warning with my job and I’ve been told that I can’t miss any more days. last Friday I had to call out during my shift because of my 11 month old who was in severe need. now I’m on eggshells because I’m expected to return today and no one has given me an answer on what’s going ...

Hi everyone! Wondering if you have told your employers about your pregnancy yet? I’m 20 weeks now so have another four weeks before I legally have to tell them, but feel like I’m showing now and need to say something when everyone gets back to the office after the summer break. I am quite senior in a big corporat...

Has anyone recently tried to request their maternity notes? They sent me them on a disc and I have nowhere at work or home that will take a disc to view the files. Asked for paper files and they want to charge £50. I got my notes from my first birth 2 years earlier and didn’t have to pay for paper files.

I’m due to return to work after 9 months off at the end of September. I have decided not to return to work, if I email work now telling them I’m not returning will I still get my August pay and my September pay? Or just my August pay?

Morning all, Have people purchased travel insurance while being pregnant? Doing the normal comparison websites online, it doesn’t seem to give you the option to declare pregnancy - which on a Google search I think that perhaps we don’t have to? Thanks!

I’m coming to an end of my 6 months paid maternity leave from work. I’m taking a year off, can I apply for statutory maternity leave and if I can how do I do it please through work or online?

Hi there, I make over 50k a year and currently on Mat leave from Jan - Dec receiving £102 child benefit a month. When you receive over 50k you have to return some of the child benefit at the end of the (tax?) year. My organisation offered me 90% pay for the first 6 weeks then dropped to stat pay for the remain...