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This group is for people to ask questions and share advice on maternity leave, and pay! We also have a petition in which we are asking for the government to reform the current SMP as well as look at the eligibility qualifying period

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Flexible work from home jobs ?

My maternity pay ends in March and we can’t afford for me to go back to work due to childcare costs but at the same time we can’t afford everything just on my partners wage, this means I will have to do a work from home job but have no idea where to start looking? Does anyone have any suggestions it will need to be...

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Childcare cost and maternity pay worries

I’m early in my pregnancy but the money side of things was always what put my OH off having a baby. I’m probably the opposite - too chilled about it and have a very ā€œah loads of people with less money than us have kids and they manageā€¦ā€. However now it’s starting to make me anxious - probably hormones. We’re also in...

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Maternity pay

Hi all, I'm pregnant with our second child, I have been back at work for 2 months after 12 months leave. I haven't paid National insurance since December 2023 and as I am now PT in not paying it still. Does anyone know if I should still get maternity allowance for this baby? I have paid NI for the past 14 years....

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Maternity pay help

I am receiving 948 in statutory maternity pay and I am struggling financially. For context I live in London with my partner and we split bills evenly. My side of bills total to 1100 every month. My husband doesn’t earn a lot and relies on me in terms of my part of bills, we just about break even every month on my ...

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Mat leave and Universal Credit

Is it poss to apply for universal credit while on mat leave. I know once I go down to half pay I will struggle and wanted to see if I can claim some sort of benefits to help top me up.

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