Maternity (teacher) pay

Hi,

Just after a bit of advice before I embarrass myself by emailing payroll.

For my maternity pay for weeks 7 - 18 I’m due 50 per cent of my salary plus the standard Statutory Maternity Pay rate of £151.97 per week.

When I got paid this month I was about £450 short of my calculations (now I could have miscalculated or perhaps didn’t account enough for tax or NI) but I wondered if it was that I didn’t get SMP. Do you usually get it in one payment or in two separate payments. My payslip just reads ‘salary abs payment’ which isn’t helpful.

Any advice appreciated - not loving the rubbish MAT pay already! I’m a teacher if that helps when offering advice.

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I asked for a breakdown like this and they basically told me to work it out myself lol. I’m in the same boat as you, it’s so confusing. No real advice from payroll 😩

😮 that’s so bad! Well the above is based on UP2 and a small TLR if that helps you 😣

Did you take off pension? I also have a pay projection before maternity started like has shown so ask your payroll to do one for you.

I can’t help with this sorry, but just in case you haven’t heard of this, I have added the link. It has given me 9 extra weeks of full pay x https://www.teachersspl.co.uk

You don’t get statutory ontop of pay (or certainly not the full amount) xx

Thanks everyone for your help! I think I’m going to contact payroll for clarification as my payslip has no mention of SMP.
have you done this?

I have, I filled in all the paperwork for it before going on leave, but I think it’s still possible to do after maternity leave has started. My school have confirmed it and I know 2 others who have done it successfully x

I work in payroll and most of the time maternity is paid in full weeks ending in the month so some months you would get paid less (4 weeks)and others more (5 weeks). If you reach out to payroll they should have a schedule that will show you the monthly breakdown ☺️

I am doing this too. Giving me full pay for the summer holidays, Oct half term and the Christmas Hols. Def worth doing. You only have to give 8 weeks notice for when the first stint of SPL starts. Just make sure if you are doing more than one stint, (I am doing 2 that you request them on separate forms that way they cannot refuse but can if all on the same form).

Anybody who has a TLR, do you know if we also get paid this whilst on maternity leave? E.g. do we get 90% and 50% of the TLR as well as MPS/UPS?x

yes

yes you should do, mine does

thanks both. I have emailed HR because it isn’t on my statement anymore 🤦🏼‍♀️ x

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Family culture difference on money

Sorry this is long, I hope some of you get to the end and give advice!!!

So I’m a very thrifty person, things are tight at the moment, the cost of living crisis and my house is heated by oil so things are extortionate. We aren’t on the bread line but we aren’t flush, hubby might be made redundant so there is some financial pressure.

Sometimes I buy my sons something nicer, on the justification that I can sell it on after (♥️ vinted ♥️). I have also been planning on pretty much breaking even most of the baby things I bought from face book market place, side by crib, baby changing unit, etc.

Hubby and I have different money cultures with our families (he’s Indian, I’m British). I’m my family we don’t mix money, we would help each other out if someone was in trouble and will get each other gifts on special occasions. With hubby’s family money is much more fluid, they will give each other things worth thousands of £ just because.

Hubby’s brother bought him a new laptop and a new Google phone, he’s been very generous to hubby. Hubby hasn’t given the same back because brother is much richer.

Hubby and I mostly share finances. If it’s relevant I’m the higher earner.

Now to the point! My babies are so cute they’ve given hubby’s brother (currently single) baby rabies. He’s asked for our baby stuff when we’re done with it. He’s been so generous to hubby I feel really stingy saying no. But I’d never have bought some of the stuff if I wasn’t going to get a return on it - the thought makes me a bit anxious. If we gave all our baby stuff given the second hand value it still wouldn’t equal what the brother had given hubby.

I thought maybe I could give him some stuff but sell some stuff, but hubby said then his brother will just have to go out and buy that stuff, so I should name my price and ask his brother for the money. That makes me feel very uncomfortable, given how generous the brother has been to hubby.

So what do I do ladies? Give it all and suck it up? Give part of it and sell parts on Vinted/FB, or ask hubbys brother for money for it and be uncomfortable? Or do you see another solution?

No one is being entitled or rude here, just a culture difference I need to navigate.

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