Pregnant

Evansangel

grace1990 wrote: »

My husband currently has 2 employees on maternity leave, he has to pay them aswell as employing others to do their jobs. In other words he is paying four people to do two peoples jobs!

Yeah but didn't he expect that when he employed two woman of child bearing age?

grace1990

You can't refuse to give someone a job based on age or gender. His business partner was back at her desk a week after giving birth, not everyone uses kids as an excuse to sit at home.

shellsuit

grace1990 wrote: »

My husband currently has 2 employees on maternity leave, he has to pay them aswell as employing others to do their jobs. In other words he is paying four people to do two peoples jobs!

Can't he claim some of their SMP back?

shellsuit

grace1990 wrote: »

You can't refuse to give someone a job based on age or gender. His business partner was back at her desk a week after giving birth, not everyone uses kids as an excuse to sit at home.

Well that's not good - by LAW she shouldn't have returned any earlier than a fortnight after the birth. (It's 4 weeks if you work in a factory).

And what do you mean not everyone uses kids as an excuse to sit at home?

Tell you what, you wouldn't say things like that if you had a little one!

grace1990

She was in the middle of an important contract and worked from home.

Evansangel

grace1990 wrote: »

You can't refuse to give someone a job based on age or gender. His business partner was back at her desk a week after giving birth, not everyone uses kids as an excuse to sit at home.

:eek: Well for a start your meant to take 2 weeks minimum. I read that somewhere.
And if she wants to stick her kid elsewhere rather than care for it herself, then its her choice.

Most of us love the fact that there is maternity leave, gives us a chance to bond with our babies (and/or future babies) and build up a relationship.

I dont think OP works for you husbands 'company' so what is it to do with you what amount of maternity leave/pay she takes?

shellsuit

grace1990 wrote: »

She was in the middle of an important contract and worked from home.

Well then, she was still sitting at home wasn't she! (Which you've just knocked people for)

You've just totally contradicted what you said.

So she doesn't work WITH your partner then? She has a desk and works from that at home?

Not that a give a toss ~ I'm just sick of you having a pop at pregnant ladies!!!!

got-it-spend-it

I work bloomin hard at my job and have done since I started my career. This has not changed in anyway since I have found out I am expecting, as I am sure is the case for many, many women.

My work is very important to me, and I am hugely grateful that I am able to take 9 months out of it to look after my little one when he or she is born in November. Once my mat leave is up I will go back to work (probably not fulltime) and continue to work very hard at my job, for my company. On that basis I think I am deserving of a few months off. I know I am a valuable asset to my employer hence why I have no qualms to take 9 months off semi-paid to do the most important job in the world, IMHO!

Glamazon

Grace - it's your husbands choice to offer Occupational Materity Pay - he doesn't have to do this. I don't know why you have such a downer on people who want to bring up children. What sort of world would we live in if every child was shoved into a nursery from 4 weeks?!

kitty_and_gucci_2008

Hi All,

Just another quick question. I am wanting to save some money ready for the baby arrival. Can anyone recommend an ISA that wont allow any withdrawls until a certain date?. With regards to a credit search, is one done to open an ISA as my credit score is not that good?

Thank you