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This is the type of maternity pay that most people get. Your employer has to pay you this if:. Your average pay is worked out over 8 weeks, finishing roughly 15 weeks before your due date. Contact your nearest Citizens Advice if you're close to the minimum pay and need to work out your exact average. If your employer is taken over by another business your weeks of work will include time working for both employers.
If you're entitled to it, also check how to get statutory maternity pay , including what to do if your employer won't pay. This could be different if you get contractual maternity pay. Check your contract or ask your employer for details. If you leave your job too early to get statutory maternity pay, you might still be able to get Maternity Allowance. If they do, it will be unfair dismissal because of discrimination.
If your employer sacks you to avoid paying your maternity pay, you'll still get your maternity pay as long as you've worked for them for at least 8 weeks.
You can't get statutory maternity pay if you're a sole trader, but you might be able to claim Maternity Allowance instead. You might be able to get statutory maternity pay if you're self-employed with your own limited company. Your company could pay your statutory maternity pay, then reclaim it from HMRC. You might want to check your other maternity rights as an agency worker. If you qualify for statutory maternity pay, your agency should pay it even if you're no longer registered with them.
You might be able to get the full amount of statutory maternity pay from more than one employer. For each employer you have, the rules are the same as if they were your only employer. This means you can get statutory maternity pay again if you meet the normal conditions:. We are confident that we have the right level of resource to meet the demand and, with newly trained staff finishing their period of consolidation, we expect to see volumes reduce from mid-November onwards.
We continue to monitor progress on a weekly basis. If the DWP is now meeting the original and long-standing working days target, why not just say so? It seems the DWP is not quite there yet.
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