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SMP from employer..
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Grrr - Sent my MATB1 form in to my employer (I've only been there since Aug) they emailed me last week to say I wouldn't get SMP?
I'm really confused as I thought I would get it - Can someone pls look at my dates etc and tell me the reasons why I won't get it.....
Baby Due 12.04.2012
First day of Mat Leave 16.03.2012
Started current employment 16.08.2012
Before which my employment at a diff company was From 10.01.2005 - 30.06.2011 so I had a 7 week unemployed gap.
Here's my dates etc from direct gov...
The week that inc the date expect to have baby: 08/04 – 14/04
First day of test period: 02 Jan 2011
Last Day of test period: 07 Apr 2012
The 15th week before the week your baby is due starts on: 25 Dec 2011
I'm wondering if I say I want my mat leave to start on 8th April that I'll get it as its the day after my test period or am I completely off the mark?
Someone pls help - going out my nut thinking I'll get nowt
I'm really confused as I thought I would get it - Can someone pls look at my dates etc and tell me the reasons why I won't get it.....
Baby Due 12.04.2012
First day of Mat Leave 16.03.2012
Started current employment 16.08.2012
Before which my employment at a diff company was From 10.01.2005 - 30.06.2011 so I had a 7 week unemployed gap.
Here's my dates etc from direct gov...
The week that inc the date expect to have baby: 08/04 – 14/04
First day of test period: 02 Jan 2011
Last Day of test period: 07 Apr 2012
The 15th week before the week your baby is due starts on: 25 Dec 2011
I'm wondering if I say I want my mat leave to start on 8th April that I'll get it as its the day after my test period or am I completely off the mark?
Someone pls help - going out my nut thinking I'll get nowt
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.You've obviously been to the Directgov website but you seem to have missed a vital piece of information:
"To qualify for SMP you must have been employed by the same employer continuously for at least 26 weeks into the 15th week before the week your baby is due (the qualifying week)"
http://www.direct.gov...pchildren/DG_10018741
Since the '15th week before' was around Christmas, and you only started work with your current employer in August (assuming that '16.08.2012' should actually read '16.08.2011'), you fail to meet the '26 week rule'.
However while you don't qualify for SMP, you should qualify for SMA:
http://www.direct.gov...pchildren/DG_10018869
So, instead of completing form MATB1, you should have used form MA1:
http://www.dwp.gov.uk...imforms/ma1_print.pdf
Chris
"To qualify for SMP you must have been employed by the same employer continuously for at least 26 weeks into the 15th week before the week your baby is due (the qualifying week)"
http://www.direct.gov...pchildren/DG_10018741
Since the '15th week before' was around Christmas, and you only started work with your current employer in August (assuming that '16.08.2012' should actually read '16.08.2011'), you fail to meet the '26 week rule'.
However while you don't qualify for SMP, you should qualify for SMA:
http://www.direct.gov...pchildren/DG_10018869
So, instead of completing form MATB1, you should have used form MA1:
http://www.dwp.gov.uk...imforms/ma1_print.pdf
Chris
SMP is paid at 90% of the average gross earnings for the first six weeks and at that same rate or £128.73 per week, whichever is lower, for the remaining thirty-three weeks. Maternity Allowance is the same rate for the whole period paid at 90% of average gross earnings or £128.73 per week whichever is lower.