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Lucifer Box replied

16 October 2006, 09:38
Originally posted by bobhope

What if you have multiple jobs, do you get SMP for each job.

Yes.
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MarillionFan replied

16 October 2006, 09:19
I am not 100% sure, but my missus was told that if she was an employee of mine(she works for the AA) and if she had to pay tax then it would stuff up her maternity pay?!?!

Didnt really question it to be honest.
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bobhope started a topic One for MarillionFan - maternity allowance SMP

16 October 2006, 09:14
One for MarillionFan - maternity allowance SMP

Now, I'm sure most of you have your wife (spouse) as an employee of your company. If you decide to have a baby, you can claim SMP, i.e. reducing the NI payable to HMRC, or rebate if the SMP payable > contributions due. Well, it started a thought process: What if you have multiple jobs, do you get SMP for each job. The answer seems to be yes:

"If you are an employee for two or more employers, you will get maternity leave from each job and you do not have to start each period of maternity leave at the same time. If you qualify for SMP from both jobs you will get two lots of SMP. However, if you do not qualify for SMP from job A you cannot get MA for job A if you are already getting SMP for job B and, if you do not qualify for SMP for both jobs, you cannot get two lots of MA (although your calculation of earnings for MA can be based on earnings from two or more jobs).
The start of maternity leave and pay"

I'm sure you can see where I'm going with this - at the lower limit, your company can pay say ~£100 for 26 weeks = 2,600 - the NI due on this is negligible. For that, you become eligible to 39 * 100 = 3,900 worth of SMP. Okay, so on the 2,600 you have costs such as forming a company, filing, etc - but you'd be clearing ~3k.

Doesn't seem to be any rule against having unlimited employers. Of course, ethically is another matter.

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