Company enhanced mat pay
Hey all. Hoping someone might be able to help.
My company HR person has repeatedly told me that the enhanced mat pay is for 6 months, he was waiting for final sign off on it. He has fobbed me off for 4 months with this impression.
On Friday I had a letter to say it is only 4 weeks enhanced pay, which will come after the initial statutory 6 weeks at 90%, and will then drop to the usual statutory at £183ish a week.
I’m six weeks away from beginning Mat leave so no hope of saving for the unexpected shortfall. I’m quite a high earner and it’s overall about £11k less than I was expecting. Can I do anything to dispute it?
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@Lydia it was just verbal, and was initially said back in March. And then in several meetings since then. The company policy is from 2018 when the company started and is just the statutory. I don’t know if I have enough to dispute it?
He’s been clever and not put anything in writing. You’d have to prove he was lying to you or intentionally mislead you I think. I’m not an expert HR person but know enough to know that it’s got to be in writing and goes by the company policy. I’d definitely recommend getting in touch with either a union rep if you have one, or ACAS, or a solicitor for a free half hour (most offer them - specialty employment law/maternity).
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Check the company policy asap! Request a copy, they cannot deny you that. This is the basis of everything you’ll need to dispute I believe. And did he ever put it in writing or just verbal?