Maternity leave will owe money if i don't go back to job

curly_em_2

I am currently on SMP rate had 7 weeks full pay and 6 weeks 90% pay. I have worked there for 6 years but don't really want to go back its a 40 mile round trip to work and with the price of petrol going up all the while i am looking for work closer to home.
So how would i stand if i don't go back will i have to pay them money back or is every company different so i will need to ask them

TIA

tigtag02

You would need to check your T&C's to see what they say.

Comapany Mat Pay may be repayable.

mrcow

It's the 7 weeks full pay that may be repayable. The rest is SMP which isn't.

You need to check your t&cs.

Viper_7

and people wonder why companies don't like employing women.
turn up, get pass the probation, get pregnant, carry on getting paid for 9 months, then tell the company where to go!

I know you've been there for 6 years, but it should be a condition that if you don't go back, then you have to pay them back at least 50%

Vipes

tigtag02

Viper_7 wrote: »

and people wonder why companies don't like employing women.
turn up, get pass the probation, get pregnant, carry on getting paid for 9 months, then tell the company where to go!

I know you've been there for 6 years, but it should be a condition that if you don't go back, then you have to pay them back at least 50%

Vipes

And that was a very helpful response to the OP's question :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

onlyroz

SMP is paid by the government, so you wouldn't have to pay that back. Viper_7's comments are unhelpful at best. If we don't make it easy for working women to take time off to have kids without being made to feel guilty then we'll stop - and then the country will end up overrun by unemployed layabouts scrounging off the state.

MrsTinks

Viper_7 wrote: »

and people wonder why companies don't like employing women.
turn up, get pass the probation, get pregnant, carry on getting paid for 9 months, then tell the company where to go!

I know you've been there for 6 years, but it should be a condition that if you don't go back, then you have to pay them back at least 50%

Vipes

And THAT is sexual discrimination

More to the point would you rather that all women became 100% dependant on either their partner or the state?
I fully intend to return to work after having a child, but there is any number of unknown factors that might come into play and I might not want/be able to return to work. Why should I be penalised for being the one who has ovaries & a womb to carry children?
However I have very carefully checked my T & Cs to make sure I know exactly where I stand and what choices I have when or should I say IF we fall pregnant.

curly_em_2

Viper_7 wrote: »

and people wonder why companies don't like employing women.
turn up, get pass the probation, get pregnant, carry on getting paid for 9 months, then tell the company where to go!

I know you've been there for 6 years, but it should be a condition that if you don't go back, then you have to pay them back at least 50%

Vipes

who the eck do you think you are :mad: :mad: :mad: you are very rude and your post is unhelpful.

I want to work i and need to work just want a job closer to home that doesn't cost me £30 in petrol per week.

katglasgow

I am currently on extended maternity leave at the moment. I do understand where you are coming from Viper and I feel very grateful to have this opportunity at home with my baby. Most terms and conditions state that anything you are paid over and above the basic SMP (approx £90 a week) you would have to pay back if you do not return to work HOWEVER you only need to actually go back for 3 months, bearing in mind you may be due annual leave as well then you wouldnt really have to return for very long.Karyn

Viper_7

curly_em wrote: »

who the eck do you think you are :mad: :mad: :mad: you are very rude and your post is unhelpful.

I want to work i and need to work just want a job closer to home that doesn't cost me £30 in petrol per week.

I'm stating a fact and my opinion. It is a open forum after all.

Why didn't you tell your employer you wouldn't be going back? Ah yes you wanted the maternity pay. Using the system to your advantage.

I see this every day, there is a woman out our place of work who is now on her 4th child and she must have only bene in the office for about 6 months in the past few years and has received full salary. she's just playing the system like a lot of people do and costing businesses a fortune.

tigtag02

Viper_7 wrote: »

I'm stating a fact and my opinion. It is a open forum after all.

Why didn't you tell your employer you wouldn't be going back? Ah yes you wanted the maternity pay. Using the system to your advantage.

I see this every day, there is a woman out our place of work who is now on her 4th child and she must have only bene in the office for about 6 months in the past few years and has received full salary. she's just playing the system like a lot of people do and costing businesses a fortune.

Even if she had told her employer that she didnt want to go back she would still be entitled to the SMP.

You obviously have a bee in your bonnet about mat pay. I suggest you take your opinions down to DT and vent them there.

And before you start bleating about this being a free speach forum its actually not and mine host actuallt requests you *be nice to all money saves*

EDIT to say: whats the fact you were stating