Comments on: Heading back to Work after Maternity Leave https://www.alimanno.com/blog/2018/08/30/heading-back-work-maternity-leave/ Motherhood, Fashion and Lifestyle Fri, 07 Sep 2018 00:36:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Danielle https://www.alimanno.com/blog/2018/08/30/heading-back-work-maternity-leave/#comment-89014 Fri, 07 Sep 2018 00:36:59 +0000 https://aliluvs.com/?p=9076#comment-89014 In reply to Barbara.

Barbara, in Canada maternity leave is funded at a maximum of $550 a week paid out of Employment Insurance, which every person (because any parent can access it) who takes the leave pays into through regular payroll deductions. I paid into it for 20 years before going on maternity leave in June. So taxpayers aren’t paying us to stay home and take care of our babies. Forcing women back to work before they’ve even healed from childbirth seems cruel.

]]> By: Aimee https://www.alimanno.com/blog/2018/08/30/heading-back-work-maternity-leave/#comment-88892 Wed, 05 Sep 2018 02:30:44 +0000 https://aliluvs.com/?p=9076#comment-88892 I am currently on 12 months maternity leave in New Zealand. I saved up my annual leave, so I finished work at 36 weeks, and have 8 weeks paid annual leave, and then I will get 22 weeks paid by the government, which is around $450NZD per week so not a full pay. After that we get $60 per week until our baby is 12 months, whether or not we are still on maternity leave. I could return to work earlier (if I give my employer 21 days notice) and still get my full pay plus the $60 a week from the government.

]]> By: Jamie L https://www.alimanno.com/blog/2018/08/30/heading-back-work-maternity-leave/#comment-88746 Tue, 04 Sep 2018 02:24:14 +0000 https://aliluvs.com/?p=9076#comment-88746 ]]> One day a week…. cry me a river 🙄

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