Conveyancing soliditor on maternity leave

2005eyeball

Pages were unnumbered so it was possible clauses had been left out (or could have been added in later)! Thanks, really useful to get a view.

2005eyeball

Still waiting for confirmation that we have exchanged today...

2005eyeball

Apparently we did exchange as our buyer got in touch to confirm that!

haras_nosirrah

While it is clearly not ideal for you stop and think for a minute before going in all guns blazing and complaining to the sra

This lady has been induced 10 days before going on maternity leave

Most people go on maternity leave around week 35 so this would potentially mean an induction around week 33 so 7 weeks early

The only reason to induce that early is if it is unsafe for the pregnancy to continue as it often means problems for the baby

She probably didn't tell you earlier as she fully expected you to be in your new home before she went on maternity leave and had cover organised for when she did go

She is back to work a week later? Doubt it. Legally she has to take a minimum 2 weeks off I believe it is. What is the betting she has gone in purely to ensure the op and a couple of other cases exchange and complete so doing her best

I am guessing she has a premature baby at the hospital possibly in special care. This may also account for mistakes - she has other things on her mind and should be nowhere near the office but has gone in to get op exchanged

Maybe before putting even more trouble at this woman's door ask the assistant how the baby is. You have moved now and unless you have further complications down the road I would personally let this go

Clearly I may be completely wrong and she just happens to be an idiot but who arranges maternity cover for the day they are due? No one

ViolaLass

I don't agree. She had advanced warning that she was being induced so she could (and should) have arranged the cover to start earlier. Planning to work so soon after induced and giving birth comes across as naive.

silvercar

haras_nosirrah wrote: »

While it is clearly not ideal for you stop and think for a minute before going in all guns blazing and complaining to the sra

This lady has been induced 10 days before going on maternity leave

Most people go on maternity leave around week 35 so this would potentially mean an induction around week 33 so 7 weeks early

The only reason to induce that early is if it is unsafe for the pregnancy to continue as it often means problems for the baby

She probably didn't tell you earlier as she fully expected you to be in your new home before she went on maternity leave and had cover organised for when she did go

She is back to work a week later? Doubt it. Legally she has to take a minimum 2 weeks off I believe it is. What is the betting she has gone in purely to ensure the op and a couple of other cases exchange and complete so doing her best

I am guessing she has a premature baby at the hospital possibly in special care. This may also account for mistakes - she has other things on her mind and should be nowhere near the office but has gone in to get op exchanged

Maybe before putting even more trouble at this woman's door ask the assistant how the baby is. You have moved now and unless you have further complications down the road I would personally let this go

Clearly I may be completely wrong and she just happens to be an idiot but who arranges maternity cover for the day they are due? No one

I disagree.

She has known she is pregnant for months.

Babies don't always arrive on their due date; births can be complicated.

She should have put cover in place.

pelirocco

haras_nosirrah wrote: »

While it is clearly not ideal for you stop and think for a minute before going in all guns blazing and complaining to the sra

This lady has been induced 10 days before going on maternity leave

Most people go on maternity leave around week 35 so this would potentially mean an induction around week 33 so 7 weeks early

The only reason to induce that early is if it is unsafe for the pregnancy to continue as it often means problems for the baby

She probably didn't tell you earlier as she fully expected you to be in your new home before she went on maternity leave and had cover organised for when she did go

She is back to work a week later? Doubt it. Legally she has to take a minimum 2 weeks off I believe it is. What is the betting she has gone in purely to ensure the op and a couple of other cases exchange and complete so doing her best

I am guessing she has a premature baby at the hospital possibly in special care. This may also account for mistakes - she has other things on her mind and should be nowhere near the office but has gone in to get op exchanged

Maybe before putting even more trouble at this woman's door ask the assistant how the baby is. You have moved now and unless you have further complications down the road I would personally let this go

Clearly I may be completely wrong and she just happens to be an idiot but who arranges maternity cover for the day they are due? No one

These days most women I know especially in business take maternity leave when their waters break! And it's not unusual to be back doing work the day after


I read the opening post as she was being induced 9 days early I.e 37 +weeks

The solicitor should have started arranging cover weeks before she was due , just in case

mufi

G_M wrote: »

Nope. The induction.

But granted it was one of my obscure tongue-in-cheek suggestions.....

And I thought it was only Yanks who didn't get irony...

2005eyeball

She'd arranged her cover from her due date, she was induced 10 days early. We instructed her in May, she told us at the end of June that she'd be away for a week and then a few days later that she was away because she was being induced but guaranteed to be back a week later. Her baby was born on the induction date & they returned home that day, I understand, her assistant told us that on the day.

But we still have a number of unresolved issues, that could well come back to haunt us later on - she sent us the transfer paperwork on the day she 'left' so there was no-one around to answer the questions we had until she returned on the day we were due to exchange.

I have 4 kids, I quite understand it's tough juggling pregnancy/motherhood & work but you have to arrange cover in time when you're self-employed - or don't take on extra work in the last few months/weeks.

2005eyeball

Still trying to find out whether Compulsory Maternity Leave applies to people who are self-employed, as I've said before I'd much prefer not to hassle a new mother.