Maternity Pay
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@N 💞 oh perfect thankyou! It will be maternity allowance then, I’d only be earning about £100 a week if that 🤦🏽♀️🙈
How many weeks pregnant will you be when you go back to work? If you’re 20 weeks now and earning smp that counts towards your qualifying earnings
@N 💞 my maternity pay ended in november but im still on maternity leave just not getting paid. Ill be around 26 weeks when I go back
Aah I see, yes it’ll be maternity allowance in that case
Aren’t maternity allowance and SMP the same amount anyway (given you’ve worked/paid national insurance in the required period for both)
@Emily the first six weeks of smp is 90% of your average wage, ma is not. The full amount of smp for the remaining 33 weeks is the same as the full amount of ma, but if you’ve not earned enough you get a 90% average of whatever you send off on your wage slips instead.
I believe you should be entitled to it again as maternity leave is classed as continual service. I'd check your work policy.
It will depend on your earnings between weeks 16-25 of this pregnancy. You need to earn at least a minimum amount to qualify for smp. If you earn less than that you’ll only be eligible for maternity allowance which will be 90% of your average pay over the qualifying period.