if i was to leave my current job and

[suzie1]

apply for something else somewhere else, will i still be eligible for mat leave, as i have been working for a year in my current job?.thanks in advance!!

[Count-A-Strong]

http://www.compactlaw...k/monster/empf37.html

please consider the cost and inconvenience
to the new employer of your leaving to go on maternity after only a short time with them. People sometimes think that companies have bottomless pits of money to fund such things which is incorrect, especially for small
companies.

[mollykins]

But then can't they be done for descriminating because someone is pregnant or does that only work if you are sacked?

[Count-A-Strong]

Was that aimed at me Molly?

[pink-kittens]

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This will give you all the info you need
http://www.direct.gov...pchildren/dg_10018741 but no, you cannot be pregnant with one employer, change jobs and be entitled to SMP from your new employer "employed by the same employer continuously for at least 26 weeks into the 15th week before the week your baby is due"

mollykins, you can still be sacked when pregnant if procedure has been followed, although it is extremely difficult when the person is pregnant. You can also be made redundant when pregnant.

What discrimination would come into play?

[mollykins]

either or both of you.

[Count-A-Strong]

Oh, right. Well that's confusing as my answer suggested nothing about discrimination.

[tamborine]

if a contract is involved, you sign & cannot fulfil due to pregnancy you were aware of, you can be sued by employer.

[mollykins]

About saying that a perosn can't have a job and the main or only reason is that they are pregnant?

[razza]

If you are already pregnant,I doubt the firm will take you on,if not then by the time you have it you will already have put sufficient service in to qualify,unless there are stipulations in your contract.

[pink-kittens]

no one said that molly
of course you can have a job and can be employed by someone when pregnant. If the reason for not giving you a job is because of pregnancy then that is discrimination
(Personally I think any employer would be mad to employ anyone who is expecting)

[pink-kittens]

stipulations such as what razz?
You cannot stipulate anything as far as SMP is concerned apart from what entitlement amount (see above web site I linked) the employee will get as set out by the government

[Count-A-Strong]

I never said any such thing.

[tamborine]

browse here for your rights :

http://www.nhs.uk/chq...=54&SubCategoryID=138