I am pregnant and am being made redundant during the summer (company is closing down). Unfortunately, I will just miss out on getting maternity benefit by 4 weeks, as my redundancy date is 20 weeks before my due date (I understand that you can take maternity leave 16 weeks before due date). Is there any (legal!) way around this, it is killing me that I am missing out by such a small margin.
I wouldn't have enough holidays but even if I did would that be an option? If the company is closing down on say June 30th, then if I had 4 weeks holidays would this bring my finish date up to the end of July? I wondered if I could use parental leave for the extra month ... not sure it this is an option if the compnay is closing down.