OHbaby! Forums : Maternity Leave https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Mon, 06 Apr 2026 19:47:21 +0000 Sat, 13 Oct 2007 17:36:45 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.05 360 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=11501 <![CDATA[OHbaby! Forums]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ <![CDATA[Maternity Leave : Busymum I took maternity leave...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11501&PID=229096&title=maternity-leave#229096 Author: AnnC
Subject: 11501
Posted: 13 October 2007 at 5:36pm

Busymum I took maternity leave and just gone back. Its the first my work has someone come back (just my branch manager) so learning new things. i can answer your questions BUT the others have already... but if there is more questions ask away or PM (or msn )

Oh interestingly - not sure if just my work - but my annual leave accumulated whilst on leave so I heaps owing - hopeing to get it paid out though.]]> Sat, 13 Oct 2007 17:36:45 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11501&PID=229096&title=maternity-leave#229096 <![CDATA[Maternity Leave : Yea lol cuppatea!! Janine -...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11501&PID=229071&title=maternity-leave#229071 Author: busymum
Subject: 11501
Posted: 13 October 2007 at 4:12pm

Yea lol cuppatea!!

Janine - I'm a fainter LOL!]]> Sat, 13 Oct 2007 16:12:06 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11501&PID=229071&title=maternity-leave#229071 <![CDATA[Maternity Leave : Teresa.. become a nurse for midcentral.....]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11501&PID=229037&title=maternity-leave#229037 Author: mum2paris
Subject: 11501
Posted: 13 October 2007 at 1:53pm

Teresa.. become a nurse for midcentral.. lol..they top up your IRD amount up to the amount you'd usually get for the full 14 weeks now.. lol (of course that'd take 3 years study.. lol)

Am sure you guys will work something out. ]]> Sat, 13 Oct 2007 13:53:26 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11501&PID=229037&title=maternity-leave#229037 <![CDATA[Maternity Leave : Oh that $326 is after tax. Always...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11501&PID=229033&title=maternity-leave#229033 Author: cuppatea
Subject: 11501
Posted: 13 October 2007 at 12:51pm

Oh that $326 is after tax. Always makes me laugh that the government pay you something then tax it, doesn't it come out of tax money? Aren't they taxing tax?]]> Sat, 13 Oct 2007 12:51:56 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11501&PID=229033&title=maternity-leave#229033 <![CDATA[Maternity Leave : Tell me about it, still is better...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11501&PID=229032&title=maternity-leave#229032 Author: cuppatea
Subject: 11501
Posted: 13 October 2007 at 12:49pm

Tell me about it, still is better than a kick in the teeth.]]> Sat, 13 Oct 2007 12:49:55 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11501&PID=229032&title=maternity-leave#229032 <![CDATA[Maternity Leave : eek that&#039;s really low ]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11501&PID=229031&title=maternity-leave#229031 Author: busymum
Subject: 11501
Posted: 13 October 2007 at 12:47pm

eek that's really low ]]> Sat, 13 Oct 2007 12:47:58 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11501&PID=229031&title=maternity-leave#229031 <![CDATA[Maternity Leave : Oh one more thing, the maximum...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11501&PID=229011&title=maternity-leave#229011 Author: cuppatea
Subject: 11501
Posted: 13 October 2007 at 11:16am

Oh one more thing, the maximum they will pay you is minimum wage, so even though I only worked about 26 hours a week I still got the full entitlement because I earnt more than 40 hours at minimum wage.
Full entitlement is about $326 a week, if you earn more than that you will only get $326 if you earn less than that you will get whatever you earn at the moment.
Hope that makes sense, there are some calculators on the IRD website that help you work out what you are entitled too.
]]> Sat, 13 Oct 2007 11:16:02 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11501&PID=229011&title=maternity-leave#229011 <![CDATA[Maternity Leave : Ok I haven&#039;t read everything...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11501&PID=229010&title=maternity-leave#229010 Author: cuppatea
Subject: 11501
Posted: 13 October 2007 at 11:11am

Ok I haven't read everything (too lazy) but I found out I was pregnant whilst working my notice at one job, ooops we had planned to stop TTC until i had been at the new job 6 months. So basically I was 9 weeks when I started the new job, I was entitled to the full 14 weeks paid and it was calculated on what I had been earning at the new company. Because I had not been with them for 12+ months at my due date I was not entitled to take off anymore than the 14 weeks. My work are really lovely and I am not starting back till jan they let me have time off unpaid even though they were not legally obligated too.
I can't answer the WFF stuff as we don't qualify for any help whatsoever.
Hope that helps]]> Sat, 13 Oct 2007 11:11:56 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11501&PID=229010&title=maternity-leave#229010 <![CDATA[Maternity Leave : Is maternity leave pay a set rate...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11501&PID=229000&title=maternity-leave#229000 Author: mummy_becks
Subject: 11501
Posted: 13 October 2007 at 10:39am

Is maternity leave pay a set rate or calculated as a % of your previous earnings It is worked out on your earnings to a certain point.

Do you still get the WFF In-Work Payment when you are on maternity leave? (Presuming that your DH is working less than 30 hours) I don't think so as I take it that you are both not working more than 30 hours a week.

Paid maternity leave is currently set at 12 or 13 weeks? And how long do you have to work first to be eligible (6mos?) 14 weeks now

I heard that if you want to be eligible for the full 12 month leave (which is 9mos unpaid), you need to first work a year in that one job. Is that correct?  Pass I have been given 12 months (and possible a bit more) and I had only been working 8 months when I left.

Do you get WFF In-Work Payment when you take 3-12m maternity (unpaid) leave? (Presuming that your DH is working less than 30 hours) Nope

There has been talk about extending maternity leave so that leave is fully paid up to 12 mos by 2015 or something. Is that actually happening or was just a proposal that the Government has not taken on? Its still up in the air as far as I know

Who pays maternity leave, the IRD? (or the employer) IRD

]]> Sat, 13 Oct 2007 10:39:16 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11501&PID=229000&title=maternity-leave#229000 <![CDATA[Maternity Leave : Hey, it is at a set rate if you...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11501&PID=228991&title=maternity-leave#228991 Author: MissCandice
Subject: 11501
Posted: 13 October 2007 at 10:15am

Hey, it is at a set rate if you earn more than $372 a week i think... Well anyways i get the maximum at the moment and its $640.20 a fortnight.
I dont know about WFF, but if you can get it id like to.. but on the WFF online form to register for it, it says you cant be getting parental leave??
You have to be in paid employment for 6 months then you get 14 weeks paid M leave.
Yup you have to be there a year to get the 12 months (9 months unpaid)
I again dont know about the WFF or the new proposal.
IRD does pay it to you.]]> Sat, 13 Oct 2007 10:15:40 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11501&PID=228991&title=maternity-leave#228991 <![CDATA[Maternity Leave : Here is the link to everything...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11501&PID=228986&title=maternity-leave#228986 Author: caliandjack
Subject: 11501
Posted: 13 October 2007 at 10:07am

Here is the link to everything you need to know about paid parental leave. Also pays to check your contract.
Parental Leave

Edited by fleury]]> Sat, 13 Oct 2007 10:07:57 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11501&PID=228986&title=maternity-leave#228986 <![CDATA[Maternity Leave : Our present situation is that...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11501&PID=228969&title=maternity-leave#228969 Author: busymum
Subject: 11501
Posted: 13 October 2007 at 9:49am

Our present situation is that my DH is SAHD and I am working 30 hours a week - until Christmas. And we have until the end of that time to decide what to do for next year. We don't want to put our children in care, basically our ideal is that one of us will be home with the kids while the other one works. Things have been going heaps better than I expected with me working and DH being full-time dad, and I'm starting to consider it as a long-term option. Especially since I am really enjoying my work and there is unconfirmed potential (at this stage) for it to become a permanent position when my time ends.

I think I'd be happy to dive straight into that except that both of us feel that 3 kids is not our final number. In fact we were (before I got this job) hoping I would get pregnant again about now, and have been casually TTC (to no avail) since June! I think I'd be alright with leaving a 6mo at home with DH while I worked, but I'm not so sure about a 3-6mo - and obviously 3mos is the present cut-off of paid maternity leave.

So now I have a tonne of questions about maternity leave. I've never taken it before so I don't know what to expect or even what to ask. So if you think of anything I haven't asked that would be helpful, add that too!

Questions:
Is maternity leave pay a set rate or calculated as a % of your previous earnings
Do you still get the WFF In-Work Payment when you are on maternity leave? (Presuming that your DH is working less than 30 hours)
Paid maternity leave is currently set at 12 or 13 weeks? And how long do you have to work first to be eligible (6mos?)
I heard that if you want to be eligible for the full 12 month leave (which is 9mos unpaid), you need to first work a year in that one job. Is that correct?
Do you get WFF In-Work Payment when you take 3-12m maternity (unpaid) leave? (Presuming that your DH is working less than 30 hours)
There has been talk about extending maternity leave so that leave is fully paid up to 12 mos by 2015 or something. Is that actually happening or was just a proposal that the Government has not taken on?
Who pays maternity leave, the IRD? (or the employer)]]> Sat, 13 Oct 2007 09:49:58 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11501&PID=228969&title=maternity-leave#228969