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Maternity Allowance
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Hi there, Anyone know if you can claim Maternity Allowance if you have accepted voluntary severance from work?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I work for Jobcentre Plus and used to work on a section paying Maternity Allowance (MA.) To qualify for MA, one of the conditions is that yir employer is not liable to pay Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP.)
As long as there's no entitlement to SMP, the fact you left voluntarily will not stop you claiming. There's other conditions you'll need to satisfy but if you have a look here, http://www.dwp.gov.uk/advisers/claimforms/ma1. pdf , it tells you about them.
As long as there's no entitlement to SMP, the fact you left voluntarily will not stop you claiming. There's other conditions you'll need to satisfy but if you have a look here, http://www.dwp.gov.uk/advisers/claimforms/ma1. pdf , it tells you about them.