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I am considering appling for a job in the nhs, and as I am ttc!!! I just wondered how long you have to work for them before you qualify for maternity pay? (full)

Thanks for any help!!!!!

i think its the same for all employers by law and thats usually 20 weeks im not too sure but your local benefits agency should know maybe ring them and ask good luck on your ttc journey loocyxxx ~*~*~*babydust~*~*~*~

Thanks sam, im sure there is some rule that you have to have worked for them for so many weeks when you are so many weeks preg if that makes sense?

Its probably statutory like most places and I thought it was 26 weeks.

so in theory could you get pregnant, start work with them and as a pregnancy is 40 wks you would qualify? sorry if being thick!!!

Just checked, you have had to have worked for the same employer continuously for 26 weeks by the time you are 15 weeks before your due date (or 25 weeks pregnant).

I better get that job quickly then!!! thank you!!!

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Employment/Employees/WorkAndFamilies/DG_10029290

Click for more info on statutory maternity pay and its explained in full.

Hope that helps

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Originally posted by katew1977:
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Employment/Employees/WorkAndFamilies/DG_10029290

Click for more info on statutory maternity pay and its explained in full.

Hope that helps

your a little gem!!!! x

Hiya - yes, 26weeks to qualify for maternity pay - but i work for the local authority - and although after 26weeks(inlcuding pregnancy time) i would qualify, to get extra benefits, ie, longer full pay and extended half pay, i needed to work for them for 1 year - as i have worked here for quite a few years, luckily, i qualify for the extras - i would think that the nhs is the same, after 26 weeks they will give you a standard basic, but after a year or so, a better rate, amybe full pay for longer or something.

hope this makes sense as its a little rushed,

Kirsten xxx