Dismissed.... Company claiming back mat pay?

monty-doggy

When I was dismissed I only had 5 working days to appeal

teabelly

How can they claw back money when they are the ones that have ended the employment in the first place? Sounds like a scam to get back the money they paid out!

pmlindyloo

All of this rests on what your contract says about contractual maternity pay so you definitely need to look at your contract.

I also agree that they should not be deducting this until the outcome of your appeal.

And one final point. If the worse comes to the worse and you are dismissed then they can only claim back the contractual maternity pay. (if the contract allows for this) They should deduct from it the statutory maternity pay.

See here:

http://www.workingmums.co.uk/advice-and-support/all/4880339/doi-have-to-pay-back-maternity-pay-ask-the-expert.thtml

Sounds like you might need some help from CAB/ACAS about this.

Lolo1979

Thanks I'll contact hr tomorrow find out what policy is and also email manager doing appeal and ask that they put the claw back on hold until after appeal :-/

pelirocco

teabelly wrote: »

How can they claw back money when they are the ones that have ended the employment in the first place? Sounds like a scam to get back the money they paid out!

As every has said it depends on what the contract says

And you cannot end employment on a whim

ohreally

Lolo1979 wrote: »

also email manager doing appeal and ask that they put the claw back on hold until after appeal

This may have nothing to do with the appeal manager unless it was s/he who has taken the decision to claw back. The decision will likely have been taken after advice from HR.

viclspence

I know a few companies that have this clause written in to contracts, the NHS being one of them.