Community Posts, Tips & Support on Work & Money

How does everyone manage on SMP? I am only eligible for 90% for 6 weeks and then down to SMP. Baby is not even here yet, and i am already stressing about money. I will still have approximately £300 of bills to pay out of the SMP money. Luckily my partner is covering the rest, but does anyone have any advice? Or any ...

My UC keeps taking two sets of wages out of one assessment period due to the way my wages is paid but essentially in the past month I only earnt 500 but they’ve said 1000 when I haven’t. This means that I’m not entitled to free dental and prescriptions and glasses etc currently on my way to emergency dentist and not...

When I was on maternity leave i was very fortunate that I was able to put all of my child benefit payments into a savings account for my child. Since I have been back at work part time, my wage is now considerably lower and I have found I am using my overdraft every month and have had to dip into that savings accou...

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Hii! So I worked right up until my delivery day August 13. My boss said he can’t issue an ROE until my last day of work. So on august 13, he issued the ROE and I applied for Parental leave. It says on the website it will be a 28 day wait for my first payment. Is this right? How can they expect me to apply on my LA...

Hey all! I just gave birth and my benefits were about to expire so I had to apply to renew it and add my newborn. I've never been asked to do a phone interview and now they sent me a letter for it. What questions should I expect?

When did you get paid after receiving a confirmation text message from maternity allowance (it says up to 10 working days) x

Im a nurse but barely making $29 an hour. Im wanting to get into a different line of work.. thoughts?

I was just wondering, mums who have gone back to work have you paid any tax on your wages yet? The last two months of pay (July and August) I haven’t had any tax deducted and wanted to make sure this was normal as don’t want to spend it and then have to pay it back later on.

My little girl is 9 months old and I can’t stop thinking of what I should be doing for work. I used to be a legal secretary working in the Conveyancing and probate department but I had to leave due to lack of child care and they wanted me back full time 9-5. I have A-Levels in maths, biology and chemistry. I have b...

Does anyone know of any legal or medical transcription jobs/ real companies that are hiring for remote work?

In need of getting some income

I only want to hear from people who have actually experienced this pleaseeeee. Mamas who got pregnant whilst on maternity leave, how far into your mat leave were you, did you SMP for your next baby? I’m just wondering if I’ll qualify

Hello I am currently on uc and my partner works full time but he's just started earning 2100 so now if have said I'm not entitled to anything and I need to go to work but I literally can't get a job because I have no family to look after my little boy and can't afford nursery after my partner pays his debt and car a...

Does anyone have any tips/ ideas on how to earn extra money during Maternity leave? I’ve just looked at my employers maternity pay and it’s worse than I thought. It really is a scary thought!

Can anyone help. I’ve been charged with a NHS penalty for a prescription as they have no record that I am on maternity leave. I never recall getting my certificate from my midwife. Does anyone know where I can find this? Do I need to go back to my midwife? HELPP

Do that kind of job exists? Probably I’m entitled but I want to do something on my free times but not being attached to the computer or headset for the whole shift. Works like that exists?

Hi fellow mommies. I currently work part time and hubby works full time. However, I am wanting a side hustle for a little bit of money to treat myself and my baby while at home during the week. I've been thinking about being a blogger. I hear bloggers make a good amount of money. Any suggestions?

29 more days til I meet my little boy! I'm trying to get everything ready! I'm a little confused about getting my baby set up with insurance. I am in Soonercare. For the moms that also use Soonercare, how did you set your baby up to have insurance once they were born?

Okay so I’m 22 weeks today and I’ve been working for a while and sometimes it’s a lot with all of the back pain and standing all the time (I’m a cashier) and my manager said we aren’t allowed to have a chair or anything. But working is genuinely so draining. I’m grateful I can work I’m just so so tired and my hip hu...