Full pay for first 20 weeks of mat leave - Page 2

**polo_princess** · Feb 24th, 2010, 09:45 AM

More than half

Shocking, i cant believe they make you work as many hours as you do for that kind of money

lozzy21 · Feb 24th, 2010, 09:55 AM

Im a support worker for adults with learning disabiltys. They are verbaly and physicaly agressive. They need to be restraned on a regular basis and have broken staff members bones in the past. I have a nvq3 in health and social care and work 37.5 hours a week and take home £195 a week. So full pay for me for 20 weeks wont put the company out that much

Welshie · Feb 24th, 2010, 13:49 PM

I work for the NHS and i am also a support worker, we get full pay basically for 6 months when you work it all out. I take home £1350 a month.

We have got savings so that i can take the full 9 months off, would love a year but that aint gonna happen

lozzy21 · Feb 24th, 2010, 15:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Welshie

I work for the NHS and i am also a support worker, we get full pay basically for 6 months when you work it all out. I take home £1350 a month.

We have got savings so that i can take the full 9 months off, would love a year but that aint gonna happen

Thats the differance between the nhs and a private company, they pay you shit

pumpkim · Feb 24th, 2010, 15:36 PM

Although I would love 20 weeks at full pay I realise it's unrealistic from a business perspective. My company pays 6 weeks at full pay then 12 at half and to be honest we'll struggle on that as I'm the main earner. I do think we need a happy medium, 12 weeks at full pay would be nice

DJ987 · Feb 24th, 2010, 15:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Welshie

I work for the NHS and i am also a support worker, we get full pay basically for 6 months when you work it all out. I take home £1350 a month.

We have got savings so that i can take the full 9 months off, would love a year but that aint gonna happen

I work for the NHS too and feel so lucky that we get such good maternity pay. I think that the NHS would struggle to pay this much maternity pay though out of already tight budgets. I do think it's such a good idea though and it would help so many families and stop finances being such an obstacle. With it being an EU thing it wouldn't surprise me if it does get through as they get their own way with most things!! Go EU on this one I think!!

poppy · Feb 24th, 2010, 15:44 PM

That sounds absolutely fantastic...typical that it is the UK that is against it, bah! It would really help mothers take longer maternity leave, so many women feel financially pressurised to go back to work after only a couple of months, so this would really help.

I loved the Labour Party MEP's name - Mary Honeyball - very Bond girl!

Thanks Lozz for posting this.

xxx

Deeper Blue · Feb 24th, 2010, 16:28 PM

I'm an NHS girlie too and agree its great package we get. Not sure how I stand on us getting 20wks... I think for little companies it would be totally crippling and would for sure put them off hiring young women who didn't have children because they would possibly be paying them for 2, 3, 4 lots of mat leave.

plutosblue · Feb 24th, 2010, 16:41 PM

Like the others have said, wonderful idea, but it wont go ahead, companies will not be happy and may be prejudiced against female employees.

I can't even remember what our mat pay is like but I think its 6 months normal and then standard mat pay for the rest of the year. I suppose its just difficult, if the cost of living in the UK wasn't so expensive it wouldn't be such an issue.

Feb 24th, 2010, 09:45 AM	#11
polo_princess Mum (Mom) BabyandBump Team Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Hertfordshire Posts: 45,510	More than half Shocking, i cant believe they make you work as many hours as you do for that kind of money

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lozzy21 Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Teesside, Posts: 19,438	Im a support worker for adults with learning disabiltys. They are verbaly and physicaly agressive. They need to be restraned on a regular basis and have broken staff members bones in the past. I have a nvq3 in health and social care and work 37.5 hours a week and take home £195 a week. So full pay for me for 20 weeks wont put the company out that much

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Welshie Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Wales Posts: 328	I work for the NHS and i am also a support worker, we get full pay basically for 6 months when you work it all out. I take home £1350 a month. We have got savings so that i can take the full 9 months off, would love a year but that aint gonna happen

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pumpkim Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Yorkshire UK Posts: 601	Although I would love 20 weeks at full pay I realise it's unrealistic from a business perspective. My company pays 6 weeks at full pay then 12 at half and to be honest we'll struggle on that as I'm the main earner. I do think we need a happy medium, 12 weeks at full pay would be nice

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Feb 24th, 2010, 15:44 PM	#17
poppy Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 4,947	That sounds absolutely fantastic...typical that it is the UK that is against it, bah! It would really help mothers take longer maternity leave, so many women feel financially pressurised to go back to work after only a couple of months, so this would really help. I loved the Labour Party MEP's name - Mary Honeyball - very Bond girl! Thanks Lozz for posting this. xxx

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Feb 24th, 2010, 16:28 PM	#18
Deeper Blue Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Near Derby Posts: 754	I'm an NHS girlie too and agree its great package we get. Not sure how I stand on us getting 20wks... I think for little companies it would be totally crippling and would for sure put them off hiring young women who didn't have children because they would possibly be paying them for 2, 3, 4 lots of mat leave.

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plutosblue Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Cambrigeshire. Posts: 5,861	Like the others have said, wonderful idea, but it wont go ahead, companies will not be happy and may be prejudiced against female employees. I can't even remember what our mat pay is like but I think its 6 months normal and then standard mat pay for the rest of the year. I suppose its just difficult, if the cost of living in the UK wasn't so expensive it wouldn't be such an issue.

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