I am starting my mat leave First week fo Feb so am hoping for whatever the best outcome is. Hopefully they keep the teachers 14weeks paid as well otherwise we are worse off becaue they are getting rid of the $5000 baby bonus.
I am taking the 14weeks as 28weeks half pay instead, so if I am getting the extra $500 a week (or whatever it is from the government) at the same time then that will be wonderful.
Fiona- I am confused about what you said :sorry: I hope it doesnt mean what you said. They really need to put a proper outline out there. I might ring the Dept of Education and see what they say as well.
According to everything I've read, the 18 weeks paid leave is in addition to any other paid leave your employer provides, and in the current proposal, your employer has to pay the guaranteed superannuation contribution whilst you are on the 18weeks paid mat leave as well.
me too Ali. Still I'll be more encouraged to have a next time knowing i can afford not to be at work, we get no paid leave at my job and earning 70% of the family income its just not going to happen again otherwise.
It is a fantastic scheme and I would think that whether or not I was pregnant or not. It is important that mums are allowed to stay at home with their babies and I will be sad to go back to work when I have to.
I earn 70% of the income as well as my partner has his own mechanic business and we dont earn alot from that as so much goes into the business. He also doesnt get holiday or sick pay because then there is no one to do the work. We just have to close shop. If we waited until we could afford kids we would be waiting forever.
Realistically there won't be anything more said officially about this until budget time next year (about mid-March) and anything that they do will come into effect 1 July next year at the earliest but it is likely that it will take much longer than that to get it all sorted out (and work out how to pay for it - specially after they are spending so much on the stimulus package now)
So people who are due before July next year are very unlikely to get anything from this one (but will still get the $5000 if they are entitled to it)
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