What is statutory maternity pay?

my last smp pay is this month but I'm not due to go back to work until August? Will I have to go on income support until I go back?

Hi all, Have a slight dilemma and don't know what to do or what I am entitled to. I have been on maternity leave now for 20 weeks and already know that I will not be returning to work due to my husbands work moving us back to Germany. What I would like...

My wife is the executive director of a small company, and has been for the last 2 years, in which I am also a director and we own all the shares in the company between us. Neither of us have ever been paid from the company and both have other jobs as...

I am due to go on mat leave in two weeks and qualify for statutory maternity pay from my job. I won't be returning to work until March next year, but I will be going back to uni in October this year. Will I still be entitled to my student loans that...

MA was paid at the flat rate applicable at the time, £108 something if memory serves, though has now increased to £112.75. It was not taxable. I am being told that this time I'll be eligible for SMP, at the same rate as the MA, but it's tax...

The employer is a small businessman. He always delays my maternity pay on grounds that the business is bad, although he knows he doesn't pay me my maternity pay from his own ...show more

Just about to start SMP and wondered if i was going to pay tax on the whopping £108.00 you earn every week!!!!! Anyone know before i call the tax office?

I have just discovered I am pregnant with my first baby (4 weeks) and I am wondering what Maternity Pay I will be granted. I am currently full-time employed on a fixed term contract (2 years), and ironically have only 9 months left on the contract! So...

Here goes, please dont think im a scrounger because im not. I hate the fact that i might have to ask for help. Ive been ttc for nearly 3 yrs now and am due to start clomid in June. About the same time the company i work for is going to make me redundant...