SMP and extra income

Becles

I discovered this when I was pregnant and claiming MA.

If you are employed and claiming SMP, you can do self employed work without it affecting your SMP pay.

However if you are self employed and claiming MA, you can't do any paid work whatsoever (apart from the 10 keeping in touch days).

I thought it was a tad unfair to have different rules, especially as an employed woman has rights to walk back into the same salary when the SMP ends, but a self employed woman often goes back to work on a lower income as you have to rebuild your client base.

Lolliloo

ah ok thanks everyone! that has answered my questions!
incidentally, where did you find this info please?

Lolliloo

sorry just seen its from directgov
thanks

ButtonF1Fan

Thank you for all the info in this post! very relavent, and helpful to me. x