rockstrongo
Retired Footballer
It's been a law/right since the 70s I think, implemented by the government.That's wild. Is that company or government policy?
My girlfriend's work doesn't have its own policy so it was the government's of:
Statutory Maternity Pay ( SMP ) is paid for up to 39 weeks. You get: 90% of your average weekly earnings (before tax) for the first 6 weeks. £184.03 or 90% of your average weekly earnings (whichever is lower) for the next 33 weeks. She was granted a full year but after the 39 weeks her pay stopped completely.
I had two weeks of leave at full pay.
The cost of childcare here is outrageous. So expensive AND places are limited. The two probably go hand in hand to be fair.
It's really a good thing, but the right wing mong's are always trying to get women to stay at home instead of the men, you know the old "family value" bs.
There's a cap on how much you have to pay for child care as well, based on income, saw that its around 140 Euros max a month