Maternity allowance from work - grrr!

[lisacaton1980]

Had a call from my previous employer yesterday (i changed jobs late in pregnancy so they are paying my MA) to say they have overpaid me by £60 for the past 4wks and I need to pay it back asap - approx £240.

 

[suzib76]

err how could they overpay, it would be ssp you are getting from them which is a maximum of 123 a week - i would get advice about this before you go paying anything back to them

have you just started getting it? in which case it could be that you are not entitled to the full amount and they have made an error, or if you have been getting paid it for a while i dunno how you could be overpaid

 

[MrsRH]

Maternity allowance (MA) is paid by the government; statatory maternity pay (SMP) is paid by your current employer if you are working there when you go on mat leave and qualify by working enough weeks for that company. You previous work should not be contributing to you maternity pay if you have left the job.

Sounds a bit dubious to me, can you find out who is paying you what and ask them to explain???

good luck
Rachael
xxx