*is confused*
From shadthebad’s link above, it says:
If you do any work in a self-employed capacity during your MPP, then such work will not affect your SMP.
But this page appears to be talking about wimminz on maternity leave and being paid SMP by their employer. Obviously mrs deadly is being paid SMP directly by whoever in the government pays. One assumes that an employer who’s paying SMP gets it from the government anyway?
So to me (but I accept this is because I want to believe the above), if mrs deadly is earning as a self-employed graphic designer, then she can go on claiming her SMP for the 39 week period. We’re entirely prepared to accept that if we can’t do this, then we can’t do it and that’s that. But just struggling to find an answer. Our accountant doesn’t know either 😡
Anybody in the daytime crowd have any idea?