NI17A - A guide to Maternity Benefits (April 2009)
Contents
- Terminology
- About this guide
- Introduction to maternity benefits
- Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP)
- Introduction
- Eligibility
- Reasons for not getting SMP
- When SMP may stop
- How to get SMP
- When SMP is paid
- SMP amount
- How SMP is paid
- When SMP ends
- Working in your Maternity Pay Period
- What to do if your employer says you should not get SMP
- Occupational Maternity Pay
- Premature births
- Twins or multiple births
- Stillbirths
- Mariners and continental shelf workers
- Effect of SMP on other benefits
- If your employer cannot pay
- Unfair dismissal on maternity-related grounds and protection against sex discrimination
- If you need more money
- If you think your employer’s decision is wrong
- Resuming work
- Extra help through tax credits
- National Insurance credits while you are getting SMP
- Maternity Allowance (MA)
- Introduction
- Eligibility
- Rates of MA
- Reasons for not getting MA
- How to claim MA
- When MA is paid
- How MA is paid
- Changes you must tell us about
- Extra benefit for your dependants
- How other benefits affect MA
- Effect of MA on other benefits
- Extra help through tax credits
- NI credits while you are getting MA
- If you are going abroad or have been abroad
- Appeals
- Other benefits
- Further information
