how do ppl survive on maternity pay in northern ireland

missma

Does it not depend how old your contract is with the cival service?

Thanks for the replies

bingo_bango

Length of sevice has absolutely no bearing on the maternity pay. As has been stated above by Normskin, that is the pay you are entitled to.

I suspect seatzie's mate was alluding to sick pay terms in NICS, which are indeed 6 months on full pay, then 6 months on half pay. You will find that some unscrupulous people abuse the system by returning to work almost immediately following a pregnancy, then going 'sick'. Perhaps that is what they have done?

steveymp

Normskin wrote: »

Civil servants get 18 weeks full pay, 18 weeks on statutory pay and you can take the rest of the year unpaid if you wish. Whilst this is more generous than some companies, it is not quite as generous as Steveymp stated.

I'm 99% certain its 6 months full pay in the NHS for all contracts previous to Agenda for Change

I Could be wrong thou, it has happened once before:rotfl:

knithappens

steveymp wrote: »

Most of the happy ones are Civil Servants, Health service, teachers etc.....;)

6 months full pay followed by an optional 6 months half pay:T

I can sympathise with your situation thou when my OH had our 2 it was SMP only and it was pathetic

teacher here, i dont get 6 months full pay. I work for manchester and it is 4 weeks full followed by 2 weeks 90%, 12 weeks 50% plus SMP, then SMP, better than some but not as good as others. almost on SMP and it is true you get by

36square

cathy2702 wrote: »

Seatzie - I'd hazard a guess that your friend took 18 weeks at full pay and 6 on SMP, went back to work for a week then cleared off on the sick which is 6 months full pay - I know a lot of people used to do this and it's something that's trying to be combatted.

So now we know. There are a lot of parasites in the public sector.
Thank you, Cathy.

wifeforlife

36square wrote: »

So now we know. There are a lot of parasites in the public sector.
Thank you, Cathy.

Yes there certainly are, and it's well documented both here and in the media

Torby

lilmrsmullen wrote: »

teacher here, i dont get 6 months full pay. I work for manchester and it is 4 weeks full followed by 2 weeks 90%, 12 weeks 50% plus SMP, then SMP, better than some but not as good as others. almost on SMP and it is true you get by

I suppose being a teacher you could plan the birth towards the summer months. As a lot of pregnancies are planned, it would be ideal to aim for the start of May or June to give birth, apart from anything else, it gives you lots of time with your baby and hopefully in good weather as well.

seatzie

cathy2702 wrote: »

Seatzie - I'd hazard a guess that your friend took 18 weeks at full pay and 6 on SMP, went back to work for a week then cleared off on the sick which is 6 months full pay - I know alot of people used to do this and it's something that's trying to be combated.

I'm guessing you're probably right, I just keep reminding them that as a taxpayer I PAY HIS WAGES/SSP/SMP payments lol

steveymp

seatzie wrote: »

I'm guessing you're probably right, I just keep reminding them that as a taxpayer I PAY HIS WAGES/SSP/SMP payments lol

Hey, its great to finally meet the sole UK tax payer, we have so much to thank you for:rolleyes:

seatzie

steveymp you'll note i've clicked your thank you button for you showing your gratitude lol!