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SMP ends, still employed but not paid, what does one live on?
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I had my childminder sorted out before I went on maternity leave. Did your friend always know she would return to work? Could she have sorted a nursery place out sooner?Sealed Pot Challenge #817 £50 banked
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Would your friend be able to find a childminder for the gap between going back to work and the nursery place?"I've fallen down a hole" - said in best Monty Python voice-over.0
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Giving up a job for the sake of a few months is simply daft. The nursery may be able to simply move the place forward or a childminder/family may be able to fill the gap. Unless the nursery is over-subscribed they should easily be able to move the date.
SMP is quite clear re length of payments. Did she not think of finances before planning the baby? If she wanted to take the full year off then financial provision could have been made whilst trying to conceive, whilst working through pregnancy and then after if need be.0 -
As she has claimed SMP she can do self-employed work e.g. mystery shopping. Also suggest she gets into eBaying etc.
Take a look at www.directgov.co.uk for details of alternative childcare e.g. childminders especially on the cost side.Mortgage start September 2015 £90000 MFiT #060 -
it really would be a shame if she resigned, relying on benefits isn't easy but unfortunatly the last 13 weeks of maternity leave is unpaid. And as she is still employed she couldn't claim IS or JSA.
Get her to try find a childminder for a few months as a short term solution, or use family and her partner to look after the baby and she could go back to work part time0 -
The exclusion regarding employment is the remunerative work exclusion isn't it?
And a person on maternity leave is not in remunerative work...0 -
If she resigned from her job would she not be sanctioned from being awarded JSA? Or do different rules apply at the end of a maternity break?0
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Potentially, depending on Just Cause (argh memory's failing me does neglect to avail require just causeIf she resigned from her job would she not be sanctioned from being awarded JSA? Or do different rules apply at the end of a maternity break?
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For income support it wouldn't matter.0 -
If she resigned could'nt she claim income support as a lone parent.0
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