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applying for job when pregnant?
BillieTheBot
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Theres a job for 10-12 hours a week advertised in my local Lush. Id love to work there and its not that many hours. Only thing is, im 6 weeks pregnant. Is it worth me applying?
If i didnt tell them about the pregnancy, theyd think i decieved them, and if I did, theres more chance that they just wouldnt give me the job in the first place. I can just really see myself working somewhere like that though.
NMM says I should go for it, but my mum says too many chemicals and too much on my feet (even though its only 10 hours)
WWYD?
If i didnt tell them about the pregnancy, theyd think i decieved them, and if I did, theres more chance that they just wouldnt give me the job in the first place. I can just really see myself working somewhere like that though.
NMM says I should go for it, but my mum says too many chemicals and too much on my feet (even though its only 10 hours)
WWYD?
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One of the girls at my work is almost 25 weeks pregnant, she is huge already! I work in a hotel and it's pretty heavy work. This girl worked 16 hours a week right up until she was 7 months pregnant with her first child and plans to do the same with this pregnancy.
The worst they can do is say no and if it starts to get too much for you then you can always leave. If you're really worried about it you could always ask the doctor or midwife for their opinion.
Good luck if you do decide to go for it
Is it worth me even applying. I get really nervous about interviews. Its not something I just take in my stride, even at the best of times.
I was going to say this, seeing as you are only 6 weeks gone i think it would be totally beliveable, but it's up to you.
I think the first issue you have to tackle is that you probably (I'm 99% sure) won't get any maternaty benefits - if they are nice then they will give you 6 months off but they are in no way obliged to do so. I'm not even sure you are entitiled to statutory maternity pay. Was having a conversation about this with a friend who is a midwife who was saying that basically you can get pregnant in yoru first few months at a new job and still get some benefits, but in general you have to have been working somehwere for a minimum ammount of time in order to get even statutory maternity pay.
Saying you dont' know that your pregnant is definately somehting you can get away with - but it will become pretty obvious soon and you'll have to tell them your going to need time off and you'll need to provide a doctors certificate with your due date on it, which means they could work back.
I'd apply for the job though - tell them during the interview stage that your pregnant and see what happens. If your good they may take you on anyway and might be inclined to let you come back.
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It could be a problem later in pregnancy too standing up all the time. You might not be so lucky this time around.
I would go for it and keep schtum about your pregnancy. I started my job when I was pregnant (not that I knew at the time though) and I only told them I was pregnant when I reached 24 weeks, which is the legal cut off point where you have to tell your employer. Luckily I had a square rather than a bump and nobody realised! I left both my jobs (was working 50 odd hour weeks) at 36 weeks pregnant. A lot of people (like me) may not even have realised they were pregnant yet!
When you reach 24 weeks your midwife gives you form MATB1, which you then have to give to your employer - even if you know they won't pay you Maternity Pay. They then have to write to you and either say Yes - we will pay you SMP or No - you don't qualify (in which case you then pass that letter onto the benefits agency who then arrange your Maternity Allowance)
At the end of the day it's only 10-12 hours a week, the jobs sounds lovely and I thought Lush were all organic etc - so would have thought u would be safe there.
Seriously? You HAVE to tell your employer? How strange, I was working well past 24 weeks and didn't say anything...
Yeah you are supposed to tell them.
I know I wouldnt get maternity pay from them, id have to claim that seperatly.
Ill see how it goes.
I wouldn't think that you would be handling any harmful chemicals either tbh.
As for being on your feet, I know shop work can be physically tired but I've never been pregnant so I don't really know how it would effect you.
True, lol, I guess I've just never felt enough employee loyalty to give a stuff.
It'll be another seven months before you'd need to go on maternity, and there aren't that many who stay in a part-time retail job that long.
Only for the purpose of sorting out Maternity Pay / Maternity Allowance. Leave it any later than that and it can cause problems with getting the payments in place in time.
And as you said, its only 12 hours a week. I do more than that at college and spend more time at home lazing about than anything. If you don't apply, you might regret it in a months time
Good luck - whatever you decide
No thats wrong. She would only be entitled to Maternity Allowance now. To qualify for SMP she would have had to been employed for 26 consecutive weeks, up and into the 15th week before the expected due date. Basically she would have had to have started the job a week before she fell pregnant. The average weekly wage would have to be at least £82 too - which I doubt as the post is only 10-12 hours a week.
i think i would do this.
i think it'd be best to be honest with them eventually, but if you were honest from the start you might compromise your chances.
And, yeah, 6 weeks is early, you don't need to worry about not telling them. It's not like you have a huge baby bump and will be off next week.