Telling potential employers about pregnancy

Becles

Congrats on both job and baby news.

Check out past threads in the Marriage and Families forum for loads of baby money saving tips.

Fran

imported_ami wrote:

hi everyone! thanks for the luck..I got the job! hoorah..
quite a relief as I'll be needing to start some extra saving now...

:T :T :T

starlite_2

he he...cheers fran and becles..it's in lovely offices right by canary wharf too so i can feel like a high powered executive dashing into work amongst all the suits..he he he
as for the baby moneysaving..i'm already on it! this site just keeps getting more and more useful for me....a little premature but may aswell read up on as much as possible!

shelly

Congrats on getting the job.Hope all goes well for you and baby.

shelly

jellyhead

how did it go? you don't have to tell them, no. some people might consider it sneaky but i wouldn't - it's a temp job you're after. if you've got to 9 weeks without people being able to tell you're pregnant then you're doing well lol! as long as you feel you're able to do the temp job okay, ie. you won't be spending all day with your head down the toilet and you won't be needing to ask them to change your job (i assume it's not shelf stacking or anything physical like that) then i don't see any reason to tell, and many people think it's 'bad luck' to tell anyone before 12 weeks anyway. i hope you got the job :-)

check that maternity alliance website, before speaking to people on this site i had no idea that i would be entitled to maternity allowance from the government. you can have had more than one employer during the 66 weeks before the birth and you can have had periods where you're not working, you also don't have to be working at the time of maternity leave. as long as at some point during the test period you've done 26 weeks work and can provide wage slips (i only have two wage slips but have had a backdated bank statement sent to me at a cost of a fiver shwoing the other wage payments, so that's enough proof) then you'll get MA for 26 weeks at £106 per week, or if you earn less than that you get the 13 weeks where you earned the most and they pay you 90% of the average on those payslips. i'm going to be getting £67 a week thanks to the lovely people on this site telling me about MA, woohoo!

starlite_2

ha well my head hads been down the toilet but only in the midnight hours fortunately!
the job is writing for a local directory magazine about restaurants shops etc nearby, so will just involve
oops...half my message din't load...
anyway, it will involve telephoning and writing about local businesses so nothing strenous

Jacster_2

Just a quick note to add...

Pregnant women are the most protected type of person under employment legislation.

You'd mentioned that your job is temp with a view to perm after 10 weeks.

If you tell your employer/he finds out, and then you don't get kept on 'just because you are pregnant' you are protected under employment legislation.

Basically, if you would have been kept on, but aren't simply because you're pregnant, this is not legal.

Just something to bear in mind;)

And congrats on the great news!! Job and Baby!!:T :T

Spendless

jellyhead wrote:

as long as at some point during the test period you've done 26 weeks work and can provide wage slips (i only have two wage slips but have had a backdated bank statement sent to me at a cost of a fiver shwoing the other wage payments, so that's enough proof)

jellyhead- when I was applying for MA I was also some wage slips short. I rang my employers wage dept at HO and they sent me duplicates of the missing slips free of charge. Info too late for yourself but might be of use to someone else.

starlite_2

oh well..things have just taken a turn for the worse..I had an ultrasound again on friday which was all good, but they noticed I have a slightly open cervix, which they say will most likely rectify itself but I have to go in for a check up once a week to be sure (and even if it persists they can do a simple procedue to sort it..so i am trying not to be concerned). I informed my new bossthat I would need to take a few hours off every week , telling him it was a sudden medical issue, as obviously hospitals are not sympathetic to woking hours and he said this would be fine. He has just called me back giving me a grilling about what it is for, which i refused to disclose as this is personal information, and he didn't seem happy, then less than 5 minutes after our conversation I got an email saying that he is sorry, but perhaps I am not right for the position after all, and good luck in the future etc etc (how cowardly of him!)..I don't want to call for some clarification on this as i am so angry right now and don't want to kick off...i know I must have no rights now but this is so upsetting, and as I had turned down a couple of agency offers since getting the job offer. I feel thoroughly cheated!

Spendless

Oh ami - I am sorry. The health of your baby though is far more important than any job.

If you want further advice re employment what about ringing Maternity Alliance?