Examples of use of SMP
1. Women who don‘t qualify for SMP may qualify for Maternity Allowance instead.
2. Be warned, though, that employers are obliged to keep SMP records for three years only.
3. Women who did not qualify for SMP because their earnings were too low, but who would have qualified had the pay rise been included in the SMP calculation, can also claim the difference between the SMP that should have been paid and the maternity allowance they received.
4. If your employer no longer has records of what was paid during your SMP period, the burden of proving underpayment will fall on you.
5. It also suggests that employers seeking information on this subject should contact the Department of Work and Pensions, which sets policy on SMP.