Not going back to work after maternity leave

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jockosjungle wrote: »

My wife has recently given birth 16 days ago, she worked in a call centre and won't be returning to work. As said before...

Write down your take home salary

Then Deduct

Childcare
Commuting Costs
Lunch costs
Extra clothing costs

Add onto this child benefit (around £80 a month) and childcare vouchers (around £100 a month saving if you both claim them).

gratefulforhelp_2

Wonder_Womble wrote: »

It is an absolute waste of time.
Non-parents are entitled to Work/Life Balance and I applied 2 years ago (as a non parent) to reduce my hours, my manager considered this as he was obliged to, and then said no. His justification was 'it does not suit our service needs'. I pursued it through the Union and after numerous meetings was advised by the Union and HR that he did not have to give any further justification. This is despite the fact that there are 2 other staff on the team who work part time. 3 other staff in my work place have gone through the same process and had the same result as me, and they are all parents.

Oh, and someone posted that about male orientated working environments, I work in social care, typically a female orientated working environment.

Totally agree. As a parent I applied with another teacher to jobshare, the whole process was time consuming and utterly pointless.

There were no practical issues to overcome, the school just didn't like having part-timers and that was that.