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Can I ask quick advice about Maternity Pay. To confuse my situation I changed jobs in February so my previous employer pays my SMP (90% for 6 weeks then the standard rate for 33 weeks) and my current employer pays my OMP (full pay for 2 months then half pay for 6 months).

Question is:

Am I really eligible for both at the same time??? That means that for the first 6 weeks I am almost on double pay. Surely that's wrong. I rang payroll and they said it is definitely correct but I can't believe this is true. Obviously it would be great if it is but I'm worried about accepting it then getting a bill at a later stage when they decide it was an error. If it is wrong who should be paying me less??? Thank you!!!

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Thanks Etta - It's slightly complicated in that I work for the NHS. OMP is based on continuous service in NHS whereas SMP is based on the actual hospital trust you work for. As a junior doctor I move hospitals every 6-12 months so never somewhere for more than a year. My due date Was 11/05/17. I stopped working for trust A on 2/2/17 AFTER my "qualifying week". I had worked there for 51 weeks . I then started in a new trust. The new trust has to pay my ONP as I have been working for the NHS. For 9 years. But I was not eligible for SMP. I then applied to Dept for work and Pensions for maternity allowance but they said I wasn't eligible for that as I had worked at Trust A for over 26 weeks and was there during mumy "qualifying" week. I then contacted trust A who said I was eligible for SMP from them and they are sending me a back payment to cover the 2 months pay I missed which includes the 6 weeks at 90%. Sobhabjng already received my 2 months full pay in OMP I am getting almost double. Payroll said that's fine and weren't interested when I queried this. Still nervous I am going to get a big bill months down the line....

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