maternity leave while im employed and self employed

rax_21

Hi this is my first post as im unable to gine this information anywhere else with out completely confusing myself.

Iv recently found out were expecting our third child.
Im employed by a supermarket for 8 hours a week where Iv worked for over 8 yrsI will be taking maternity leave with them and I think im only entitled to maternity allowence due to how much I earn its only 260 a month

Im also registered self employed as im a registered childminder working mondays tuesdays and wednesdays

My question is could I still work self employed while claiming maternity leave from my employer? Id really love to carry on minding but the longer I can have off from my supermarket job the better lol

Any info would be a massive help
Thanks

pmlindyloo

This will answer your question:

http://www.dwp.gov.uk/publications/specialist-guides/technical-guidance/ni17a-a-guide-to-maternity/maternity-allowance-ma/when-ma-is-paid/

rax_21

I cant see anything about working self employed while claiming ma thanks for the link though it answered a different question I had lol

carebear13

I dont think you can. I know that you can if you claim smp. Have you been paying your n.i? It will prob be worth giving them a ring to discuss it. Have you only worked 8 hours recently?did u do more at any point in the last 66 weeks.

pmlindyloo

rax_21 wrote: »

I cant see anything about working self employed while claiming ma thanks for the link though it answered a different question I had lol

I thought this bit answered your question.

Unless your baby is born earlier you cannot get any MA until 11 weeks before the week the baby is due but only if you stop work before then. If you continue to be employed or self-employed there is some flexibility as to exactly when the payments start, and you can choose the date depending on when you stop work.

rax_21

Iv been doing 8 hours for about 8 weeks before this I did 12 so still not a lot and iv only just become self employed so im still waiting to get my details from hmrc to pay my ni through self employment

pmlindyloo

Really helpful article here:

http://maternityaction.org.uk/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/morethanonejob.pdf

Did you know that you can add together the income for both the employed and self employed job so that you get the maximum MA allowance?

Also useful information about Maternity leave in 2 jobs.

Plus, you could perhaps use your 10 KIT days (keep in touch days) in your self employment job whilst you were receiving MA if that makes it financially better.

paddedjohn

Changes you must tell us about

You must report any changes which may affect your benefit. These may include:

• your baby being born before you said you wanted your MA to start or
• during the period of the allowance you do any work as an employed or self-employed person or
• during the period of the allowance you start getting SMP or
• you leave the UK (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and, for benefit purposes, the Isle of Man) or
• you are imprisoned or detained in legal custody.

Working in your MAP

If you work during your MAP you must tell Jobcentre Plus of this work as soon as possible. You are allowed to work for 10 days during your MAP and still keep MA (see Keeping in Touch days below). If you work for more than 10 days you must not collect any more money. The decision maker will decide whether any further payments can be made, but you will lose MA for at least the number of days you work over the 10 days allowed.


Looks like you cant work and claim MA.