charleneweeooo
Well-Known Member
Hey everyone, just wondering if anyone here is a business owner who has had to pay statutory maternity pay for an employee before?
Basically I qualify for SMP and am due to start maternity leave today. However my boss has stuck his head in the sand and basically told me he doesn't know how it works because he is convinced we're going into lockdown and has basically said 'our business is going to fold so it won't be my problem to pay you'. He seems convinced he has to send away my matb1 form but I didn't think he had to send it anywhere, is this correct? He told me on the phone last night I should 'send the form away myself' and when I asked who to, he said he didn't know.
Surely he still needs to get the ball rolling though? Since the business is currently still up and running as normal? I know HMRC is meant to pick up smp payments if a company goes bust while paying me, but... if he hasn't even started paying me yet, does that mean HMRC will have no proof or whatever? Becuase he hasn't registered it or something like that? I'm terrified I'm going to get absolutely nothing
Basically I qualify for SMP and am due to start maternity leave today. However my boss has stuck his head in the sand and basically told me he doesn't know how it works because he is convinced we're going into lockdown and has basically said 'our business is going to fold so it won't be my problem to pay you'. He seems convinced he has to send away my matb1 form but I didn't think he had to send it anywhere, is this correct? He told me on the phone last night I should 'send the form away myself' and when I asked who to, he said he didn't know.
Surely he still needs to get the ball rolling though? Since the business is currently still up and running as normal? I know HMRC is meant to pick up smp payments if a company goes bust while paying me, but... if he hasn't even started paying me yet, does that mean HMRC will have no proof or whatever? Becuase he hasn't registered it or something like that? I'm terrified I'm going to get absolutely nothing