how do ppl survive on maternity pay in northern ireland

bryanb

lilmrsmullen wrote: »

teacher here, i dont get 6 months full pay. I work for manchester and it is 4 weeks full followed by 2 weeks 90%, 12 weeks 50% plus SMP, then SMP, better than some but not as good as others. almost on SMP and it is true you get by

Must be difficult to squeeze it in between all the paid school holidays.

absoluteutopia

bryanb wrote: »

Must be difficult to squeeze it in between all the paid school holidays.

I love the way people think that, teachers finish at 3pm :eek:, all those paid holidays :eek:. A Teachers salary is based on 10 months but paid over 12 months, so they get less per month as its spread out over 12.

jenheiffer

absoluteutopia wrote: »

I love the way people think that, teachers finish at 3pm :eek:, all those paid holidays :eek:. A Teachers salary is based on 10 months but paid over 12 months, so they get less per month as its spread out over 12.

That can't be right - what about 'annual leave'? Where does that come in?

Silaqui

Teachers don't get annual leave, Jen, because of the school holidays. Very rare to be allowed time off that isn't in the holidays. Which is fair enough because it would take the p a bit!

(if thats what you meant)
x

steveymp

seatzie wrote: »

steveymp you'll note i've clicked your thank you button for you showing your gratitude lol!

Touche :D:D:D:D

bryanb

absoluteutopia wrote: »

I love the way people think that, teachers finish at 3pm :eek:, all those paid holidays :eek:. A Teachers salary is based on 10 months but paid over 12 months, so they get less per month as its spread out over 12.

Care to estimate the total days of school holidays per annum?
PS Don't forget Baker days.

flogthedog

absoluteutopia wrote: »

I love the way people think that, teachers finish at 3pm :eek:, all those paid holidays :eek:. A Teachers salary is based on 10 months but paid over 12 months, so they get less per month as its spread out over 12.

If the average teacher salary in NI is £35k, as described in this BBC article, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/8201218.stm then teachers get on average £3500 per month for the 10 months of the year that they are paid. How do they cope?

Also, as far as I know teachers are contracted to teach for 190 days per year (38 weeks x 5 days per week).

missma

Thanks all for your replies. I see this has turned into a debate about teachers pays and leave lol. I think their must have to be massive cutbacks on spending on maternity pay .... I'm just not sure how they can be made when the mortgage, associated insurances etc have to be paid. I would say would have to return to work early but then the cost of childcare is another massive cost. By the way I'm not a teacher.

leftieM

36square wrote: »

So now we know. There are a lot of parasites in the public sector.
Thank you, Cathy.

Parasites? You obviously have no clue how it feels to leave a young baby in childcare and walk away. Or to deal with a baby who is breastfed and won't take a bottle but you're expected to remove their source of food for 8+ hours a day. Or to have postnatal depression.
I suggest that it benefits society (financially, if you wish to look only at bottom lines) to have children who have had proper time at home with a loving parent in their formative years, and that parents should be fully supported in giving children that time.
(For the record, I didn't take time off sick. I was an honest fool and my eldest paid the price for that.)

CL

Just to dwell on the teachers pay for a moment. I work 37.5 hours per week and have 25 days annual leave and 9 statutory holidays. If you consider that teachers work late (4.30pm) on 3 days per week, with their holidays they work 60% of the hours I do. A teacher with 7 years experience and no extra promotional points for experience, extra qualificaions, etc. earns over £30k per year (at 29 years old). If this is pro-rata as claimed by a previous post, a teacher would be paid £50k per annum to work full time.

Am I the only person who finds this excessive?

Sorry for the rant.