maternity pay and sabbaticals

[loltolhurst]

Hi,

my chum is on sabbatical for a year and has become pregnant - her employer in york only give stat maternity pay. will she qualify for it if she has not technically been working since october last year - she is still employed by them and is returning to work in october


thanks

[siscar]

You say she is still employed by them, but is she, or does she just have a guarrantee of being reemployed? If she is still being paid then she is still employed, but if she is unpaid then there is every likelihood that she is not currently employed by them. It's one of those situations where more information is required.

[loltolhurst]

she has a letter saying she is on unpaid leave for one year if that helps

[Tuscanless Ali]

She won't receive SMP if she hasn't earned enough in the qualifying weeks, and nor will she will entitled to Maternity Allowance for the same reason.

[loltolhurst]

shes due in jan so wil be working oct - whenever u have to go off will this be enough?

[Tuscanless Ali]

loltolhurst said:

shes due in jan so wil be working oct - whenever u have to go off will this be enough?

Still not enough, you have to 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)

I will use this as an example as dates are similar, my Granddaughter was born in Jan 2010 and my daughter just missed out on SMP, she started her job mid April 2009.

She was entitled to Maternity Allowance from the government though as she had worked enough weeks overall(Just not for the same employer.)