maternity leave

[chellieboo]

I know this is probably a bit early to be thinking about this as I' not even pregnant yet but I have been offered a job interview next week so I've been trying to find out if switching hospital (I work for the NHS) would affect the maternity pay/leave entitlement and if it did by how much.

But now i'm totally confused!!! have read stuff on one website which is my current hospitals page which says I have to have 26 weeks continuous service with that hospital at 11 weeks before expected delivery date (so I calculate that as being I must be employed by them before I'm 3 weeks pregnant) to get statutory maternity pay.

however, the website with the nhs contractual maternity leave stuff on it says I just have to have been employed by the NHS (any hospital) for 1 year b4 expected delivery date to receive all benefits.

I can't find anything for the hospital I'm looking where I'm looking at the new job.

So if I go by my current hospitals webpage then if I took the job and then discovered I was pregnant by more than 3 weeks then I would lose out on some benefits, whereas the NHS page implies that I'd still be entitled to everything.

Sorry this is so long but I really need to know as it may affect whether I may take the job if offered and whether we feel should continue TTC or whether we should put it on hold so I can get the maximm i'm entitled to from my employers?

does anyone have any idea about this at all? can an individual hospital override an nhs policy??

Thanks

ps. sorry for any typos trying to get this out quickly![/b]

 

[Gem & Leland]

im not sure hun , maybe give your hr dept a call ? they should be able to help with tuff like this ?

 

[chellieboo]

Should I call HR at my current place or the new place do you think?

 

[Gem & Leland]

sod it give em both a ring lol u'll be completely in the picture then !

 

[chellieboo]

Will just have to try to find a quiet corner at work so noone over hears.....only my boss knows about the potential other job, and no-one knows about me TTC!

thanks

 

[Gem & Leland]

goood luck ! i ahte my job , only staying for the maternity leave , but if i got the chance to move back to ipswich id do it tomorrow , maternity or not !

 

[chellieboo]

come back come back, then I'd have someone close by to share this whole thing with!!!

 

[KJ]

I think you have to have been employed for 26 weeks, not by your due date, but by the 'n'th week of your pregnancy (not sure what week it is, but I don't think it's the end of the gestation).

Have a look on the 'working while pregnant' bit of the forum, I think that's where i got it from.

xxx