Submitted on Monday 24th October 2022
Rejected on Friday 28th October 2022
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Change Maternity allowance to earned income treat the same as smp
I have just gone on maternity and unfortunately have not been in my current job long enough to receive smp missing out on it by 3 weeks, I have had to claim maternity allowance however this is classed as unearned income and deducted from my universal credit award leaving me in a deficit.
This is unfair to new mums who are wanting to enjoy maternity leave essentially it’s leaving new mums on unpaid maternity leave because it’s given in one hand and taken in the other, if we received smp then it would be treated as income and would not be deducted pound for pound. Instead of enjoying the time with the baby new mums are sat stressing how they will pay bills and like myself actually debating not having maternity leave and returning to work 4 weeks after having a section!
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