Recently Married, New Job, babies - Help!

dirty_magic

fierystormcloud wrote: »

So you're planning on starting a new job, but trying to find out how soon you can leave and claim maternity leave?

Are you for real?

Are you planning on telling the people this at the interview? That you intend to leave, and milk them of maternity pay as soon as you are legally able to do so?

I am glad you're not coming for a job at our company.

I think I'll go get some popcorn. :cool:

Sorry but I think in this world you have to look out for number one. If I were the OP I'd take the job. No-one knows what will happen in the future and it could take a while to even get pregnant, you can't plan your life around something that's not guaranteed.

gettingtheresometime

clarabell1984 wrote: »

I wouldn't class either job as a career. They are low paid administration posts.

I'm not sure my view on going back to work after a baby as I feel that the low paid wage may well out weigh childcare so I may not end up going back to work full time or at all if we can afford it on my husbands wage.

I will be 31 this year so don't really want to put it off too much longer.
I don't have much to prove, admin is admin, I've done it for 12 years

even more reason then to decide what you really want

j.e.j.

Buzzybee90 wrote: »

You have a low view of administrative work, of which most office jobs consist of, in one form or another.

That's because I've done it :rotfl:

Jagraf

Why don't you start your own small business then at least you can have as much time off as you like, if you can afford to pay yourself

Takeaway_Addict

*~Zephyr~* wrote: »

Incorrect. SMP is NOT paid for by the Government in every instance. SOME small employers are able to claim back SMP payments, but not all of them. It depends on the value of the company payroll. If the NIC bill is less than £45k per year, they can reclaim.

£45k per year equates to employing about 11 people, including Directors, on the national average wage.

You can claim 92% back so whilst there is an added cost it isn't as bad as you are insinuating.

https://www.gov.uk/recover-statutory-payments/reclaiming

The fact is the OP would be well within their rights to have taken the interview, at the end of the day s**t happens and as long as the person going on maternity is reasonable the vast majority of employers are more than understanding.

Takeaway_Addict

kleapatra wrote: »

I'm pretty sure all employers can claim back 92% of the statutory maternity pay they incur- so 8% of a pittance really isn't a lot for a business to swallow for 6 months.

I'd go for the new job OP!

Its not just 8%, there are holidays on top, costs of employing someone else, loss of productivity, going of ill before maternity leave etc.

So there is a cost, a full time member of staff to replace would cost approx 2-3k ignoring any illness that may occur

Jagraf

Takeaway_Addict wrote: »

Its not just 8%, there are holidays on top, costs of employing someone else, loss of productivity, going of ill before maternity leave etc.

So there is a cost, a full time member of staff to replace would cost approx 2-3k ignoring any illness that may occur

To be honest employees never ever think of employer costs, its not on their radar.

Takeaway_Addict

Nope and neither should it be

clarabell1984

gettingtheresometime wrote: »

even more reason then to decide what you really want

My husband and I sat and discussed a great deal about our future last night :j

Like I said, we are only married 6 weeks and only into our 3rd week back at work so this conversation hadn't arisen yet. Obviously I knew from past conversations that we wanted the same things, it was just when and in what order we hadn't decided on yet.

We have a plan to go forward with now and I will be staying in my current job for the foreseeable future.

supersaver2

Some unfair replies (and I'm a fella!) Dealing with these kind of issues are part and parcel of being an employer. Women are entitled to maternity leave and pay, employers have the right to sack you off in the first 2 years with no reasons etc, that's life. Not going for a job for this reason seems mad and I'm betting a 2k increase is quite large if the work is admin based.