maternity pay

[fran_23]

i'm sooooo peed off right now, i found out today my work arent gonna pay me maternity pay after them telling me they had sorted it all out and that i'm actually not entitled as they thought i was because i've been there since october!
this is the last thing i needed to find out when i'm 2 weeks away from giving birth as now i'm gonna have to sort it out with the jobcentre and we all know what they are like...useful as a chocolate teapot. i could of sorted it weeks ago if they just told me, i'm so upset now i cant stop crying i dont know how i'm gonna cope!

 

[Sarah&Braydon]

why dont u get mat pay ??

 

[fran_23]

they said because my average wage for the 8 weeks before and including my qualifying week was under 84 quid...ironically it was because i spent a week in hospital due to a threatened miscarriage at 19 weeks and a further week off work for rest after this and got no sick pay as i was stil temp staff at that point!! i'm really fed up now coz they say theres nothing they can do, thats just how it works and i only missed out by like 3 quid.

and they chose to tell me this 2 weeks before i'm due and also the b*tch on the phone from HR said to me "oh i knew you were going to kick up about this"