i was unable to get Maternity pay as i was working for a temp agency until the day before i had the baby. Does MA depend on partners income too, or can you get it anyway no matter how much they earn? I looked online and can't quite work it out!
Folk can get MA if they're not entitled to Statutory Maternity Pay from their employer. The rate they get depends on various things but a partner's income isn't one of them.
What reason were you given for not being entitled?
HC if you're thinking on an employer paying SMP, the employee has to have been employed for at least twenty-six weeks ending in the fifteenth week before the wee one's due.