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If this is a practical concern to you then look for a new job where the employer does offer partial or full salary payment during maternity leave perhaps?My company doesnt pay any money for maternity leave.
If this is a practical concern to you then look for a new job where the employer does offer partial or full salary payment during maternity leave perhaps?
Babies certainly are expensive! But as to what extent the state should fund people's having children - that is a tough question alright.
As for fathers doing a legger - that's where a dna database would come in handy! If the fathers are known however, they should be forced by law to pay for the bringing up of their child.
Of course the state cant be expected to pay for our choice to have kids but how long will it be before having children will be a luxury that only rich people can afford. I really dont understand why so few companys refuse to top up. Do they not value there employees enough to intice them to come back?
These two sentences seem to contradict each other. We always top up salaries and always have but I can fully understand why some companies do not. Essentially maternity benefit is a social cost/benefit (and one I fully support) and just as the individual pays their taxes and should expect something in return so the private sector company does the same. I think it's quite reasonable for then to ask why they should fund something which adds no (tangable)value to their business. Remember that they also have to pay employers PRSI etc on the top up payments that they make.I really dont understand why so few companys refuse to top up. Do they not value there employees enough to intice them to come back?
Im just wondering about this.
My company doesnt pay any money for maternity leave.
If I were single and pregnant the state maternity benefit would not even cover my mortgage repayments, let alone food, heat, light, clothes, nappies etc.....
Given that society has changed so much (I know a number of girls who have become pregnant and been left completely on their own - as in the guy did a legger), so in this situation how can a woman be expected to pay her mortgage/rent/bills and have a child?
It also applies in the case of married or co-habiting couples who decide to have a child - in todays world most couple need both salaries to keep heads above water.
Do people just save in advance?
If the pregnancy is a surprise do people take loans, ask for holiday from mortgage repayments etc?
Am I missing something?
It just seems like its hard for a woman to have a child simply because she might not be able to afford being off work for it!
What specific "benefits" are you referring to? Note that "benefit" is a term normally applied to a PRSI linked SW payment.If you are going to be a single parent then you can claim some state benefits while on maternity leave.
Because they are not obliged to and to do so is a significant cost to the business perhaps? Let's look at it another way. Why do some female employees accept contracts of employment stipulating no salary payment during maternity leave especially when this is a scenario likely to be relevant to them?I really dont understand why so few companys refuse to top up. Do they not value there employees enough to intice them to come back?
Well €166 CB p.m. (plus €275 ECS per quarter) may be peanuts to you but it's not to me!Apart from the above, you get child benefit, though its not worth much.
I guess they must cut their cloth to meet their measure/live within their means etc.? Hardly rocket science. Like a lot of things simple but not necessarily easy...so in this situation how can a woman be expected to pay her mortgage/rent/bills and have a child?
It also applies in the case of married or co-habiting couples who decide to have a child - in todays world most couple need both salaries to keep heads above water.
I guess they must cut their cloth to meet their measure/live within their means etc.? Hardly rocket science. Like a lot of things simple but not necessarily easy...
Given that society has changed so much (I know a number of girls who have become pregnant and been left completely on their own - as in the guy did a legger), so in this situation how can a woman be expected to pay her mortgage/rent/bills and have a child?
I only recently realised that no pay in the private sector seemed to be the 'norm' among my own group of friends
during the maternity leave time the girls in question were in a position of poverty for all intents and purposes
So how did they manage? Even when they go back to work how do they manage with having to pay creche fees? The only single Mum I know would not have managed without the full support of her family - if you don't live near your folks you're in big trouble in this situation!
I dont know if a single mum would be better off not working but I suspect it might be the case.
A single mum, with one child, working 20 hours a week at 10 Euro per hour, would have a weekly income of almost €460 per week.
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