help please!!im clueless,pregnant&blonde!!!

[xxx bex xxx]

lol!!!!
anyhow....i work only 10 hours per week and ger £60 a week....but have been with the company for 6 years.
example 1 = work dont pay me as i dont work enough hours...
how much will i get?and if i decide not to go back to work will i have to pay anything back?

example 2=work decide to pay me as iv been there a long time.....
how much will i get?and again if i decide to not go back,will i have to pay anything back?if so i would go back for a while....but how long would i have to be back as not to pay any maternity leave back?!!(sorry the word back is used a lot there!!)

thanks for any help....iv tried looking on the gov websites but they might as well have written it in german cos i dont understand a word!!!

 

[Mynxie]

I'm not sure, but I think you can only get SMP from your employer if you've been working full time?

see CAB

 

[MrsRH]

https://www.direct.gov.uk/en/MoneyT...ort/Expectingorbringingupchildren/DG_10018869

Hi there!
I found this info on the above website.

The earnings rule
To qualify for SMP, you must have been earning:

an average of at least £95 per week (before tax)
This is the Lower Earning Limit (LEL), which is the amount you have to earn before you are treated as paying National Insurance contributions.

If you satisfy both the continuous employment rule and the earnings rule, your employer must pay you SMP. They must pay you SMP even if your contract ends at any time after the start of the 15th week before the week your baby is due.

There are no age limits to qualify for SMP. For example, if you are under 16 and satisfy the rules you can qualify for SMP from your employer.
looksl kike you won't qualify for SMP from your employer but could get MA
Who is eligible?
You might get Maternity Allowance if:

you're employed, but not eligible for Statutory Maternity Pay
you're registered self-employed and paying Class 2 National Insurance Contributions (NICs), or hold a Small Earnings Exception certificate
you have very recently been employed or self-employed
You may be eligible if:

you've been employed and/or self-employed for at least 26 weeks in your 'test period' (66 weeks up to and including the week before the week your baby is due). Part weeks count as full weeks; and
you earned £30 a week averaged over any 13 weeks in your test period
If you don't qualify for Statutory Maternity Pay or Maternity Allowance, you may be able to get Employment and Support Allowance instead.

How much do you get?
Maternity Allowance pays a standard weekly rate of £123.06 or 90 per cent of your average gross weekly earnings (before tax), whichever is the smaller.

MA is paid for a maximum of 39 weeks.

You may be able to get extra money for your husband, civil partner or someone else who looks after your children, if that person is on a very low income.


you don't have to pay MA back and don't have to return to your job if you don't want to as MA is paid by the government, nothing to do with your employer.


HTH

Rachael
xxx

 

[xxx bex xxx]

thanks rachael!!
that has helped loads!!!!
xxx