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voluntary redundancy and maternity benefit

Suucee · 2013-10-02 15:59:28

So my company is offering voluntary redundancy and im seriously thinking of going for it. Im 16 weeks pregnant with no2 and to be honest may not be able to afford to return to work after no 2 due to child care costs anyway. So just wondering does anyone know would I still get maternity benefit if I take redundancy. I was…

02-10-2013 4:59pm

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Suucee

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So my company is offering voluntary redundancy and im seriously thinking of going for it. Im 16 weeks pregnant with no2 and to be honest may not be able to afford to return to work after no 2 due to child care costs anyway.
So just wondering does anyone know would I still get maternity benefit if I take redundancy.
I was thinking if I put in to take my maternity benefit from 24 weeks (16 weeks before due date ) would I still be able to get maternity benefit if going for the voluntary redundancy. (don't know if that even makes sense)

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#2 02-10-2013 5:05pm

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If you mean the state benefit, that is dependent on your tax paid in the previous year rather than your current employment state as far as I know.

If you mean maternity payment from work, that would be in the terms of the redundancy... when it starts etc.

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#3 02-10-2013 5:10pm

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Hi suucee, I don't know anything about this at all but there was a recent thread here. Read sillysocks last post... She explains it quite well I think.... If its correct I don't know but is explained well. http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057048047?

According to sillysocks it all depends on how much notice they give you.

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#4 02-10-2013 5:18pm

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Thanks for that. The difference is that ours is voluntary. My employer doesnt pay mat benefit so i was wondering about the state benefit but technically i wouldnt be in employment so dont think i would.
Do think it would be worth it though as may not be returning after maternity leave anyway.

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