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:.
Some jobs give you contractual maternity pay as a benefit of working there. What you get depends on your employer, but you should never be worse off than if you just got statutory maternity pay. Check your contract or company maternity policy, or ask your employer whether you get contractual maternity pay. In this case you might be able to get Maternity Allowance as well. It comes from the government rather than your employer. Cookies on GOV. UK We use some essential cookies to make this website work.
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Use the maternity entitlement calculator to work out how much you could get. You can get Maternity Allowance for up to 39 weeks. This means if you take the full 52 weeks Statutory Maternity Leave, your final 13 weeks will be unpaid. All benefits, pensions and allowances are usually paid straight into your bank, building society or credit union account. The benefit cap limits the total amount of benefit you can get.
It applies to most people aged 16 or over who have not reached State Pension age.
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