maternity leave take two
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Topic: maternity leave take two
Posted By: Kazzle
Subject: maternity leave take two
Date Posted: 16 January 2006 at 8:29am
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Well after waiting another 20mins on the phone this morning, (this was after being on hold for 20mins on friday and 30 mins on saturday) i finally got through to IRD be told that i needed to ring Department of Labour to find out if i am intitled to maternity leave.
The problem, having changed companies during the year even though they are owned by the same person. This is starting to get stressful, surely it can't be that damned hard to find out if i am intitled to maternity leave, my damned employer should be doing this but they are just dragging their heels. What a great start to my day.   ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: MINXY
Date Posted: 16 January 2006 at 8:52am
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Oh thats not so good I hate it when silly things like that hold things up!
Good Luck I am sure it will all work out! 
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Posted By: Deez
Date Posted: 16 January 2006 at 9:01am
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My friend gave me this website to look up Parental Leave. I haven't been there yet so i don't know if it would be helpful....but i guess you can give it a go it may be useful. www.ers.dol.govt.nz
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Posted By: jax
Date Posted: 16 January 2006 at 9:04am
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I can empathise with the 'dragging heels' bit... I told my manager as soon as was practical after we found out, and she said she would look into it, as I'd only just started with them etc, and didn't know whether I'd be entitled or not. She did say it might take a while to get an answer, but over three weeks later I was starting to get a little annoyed. So, I contacted our HR department myself, and got a response (by email) in less than an hour !!! That included links to the forms I needed to fill out for both the government and our company. All I have to do now is submit them, as I have filled out all the appropriate bits. It really got my goat though that my manager, who is supposed to take care of these things for us, didn't lift a finger... whereas I sent a couple of emails, and it was done ------------- Jacquie - Mama to Erin, 13.07.06 - Chief Cat Chaser & Marmite Sammie Eater 
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Posted By: toniellis
Date Posted: 16 January 2006 at 9:10am
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Hi Kazzle, if you have been working for the same company for 6 months by the time you wish to take your maternity leave and you work 20 hours or more per week then you will qualify for maternity leave. I've never qualified but instead I get the parental tax credit which is $1200, not as much as maternity leave but better than nothing. ------------- Mum to Alex (11), Blaire (10) & Erika (8) and Damien (6) Successful HWB VBA2Cs! Soon to be surrogate |
Posted By: Two Blondinis
Date Posted: 16 January 2006 at 9:13am
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Hi gals,
I used to work for Employment Relations Service (although it was 3 years ago - I left just after the PPL came in). I can try and help out with any questions you have (or I know a man that will DEFINITELY be able to help - he's the Team Leader there) ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
 
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Posted By: Kazzle
Date Posted: 16 January 2006 at 11:23am
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I get the feeling that i am not going to get paid maternity leave even though i have worked for the same person for just over 3 yrs because i changed jobs mid year last year, new contract, and although it was still with the same person it was under a different company name so i dont think its classed as continous employment.
Oh well might just have to look at the parental tax instead. It shouldnt be so hard or stressful to go through this. :( ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 16 January 2006 at 11:41am
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Kaz, will you have been in this new job for 6 months by the time you go on leave?
Oh, just saw that Toni said the same thing! ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: Kazzle
Date Posted: 16 January 2006 at 12:26pm
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no i would have been 1 month shy of being in this new job...of course i have since changed jobs again with the same person, so its all a bit confusing.
oh well not stressing, what happens happens   ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: toniellis
Date Posted: 16 January 2006 at 12:35pm
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Was the last change with a different company as well? Are the companies linked? Because you may find that you still qualify if that is the case. It would be a bummer if you didn't because you get so much more for paid parental leave than the parental tax credit. You should qualify for some family assistance though?
For one child family assistance threshold is $53k, and the inwork payments threshold is $68k. Plus you will be in a new financial year so you can just work on your hubby's income. ------------- Mum to Alex (11), Blaire (10) & Erika (8) and Damien (6) Successful HWB VBA2Cs! Soon to be surrogate |
Posted By: Kazzle
Date Posted: 16 January 2006 at 1:47pm
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its all so confusing,
my 3 job changes are all with the same person but he just owns two different companies. I have no idea about family assistant or anything and ird hasn't been very helpful, thats if i can get through to them. Any help would be great ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: jax
Date Posted: 16 January 2006 at 2:09pm
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Kaz, what do you mean when you say one month shy in your new job? ------------- Jacquie - Mama to Erin, 13.07.06 - Chief Cat Chaser & Marmite Sammie Eater
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Posted By: toniellis
Date Posted: 16 January 2006 at 2:16pm
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Hi Kazzle, if you have been working in the same company for 6 months then you are covered even if you have changed jobs, and if his companies are linked you would be covered that way too.
I can help you if you want with your entitlements, because I have the paperwork in front of me now or you can try the IRD website. Its www.ird.govt.nz if you click on Family Assistance link & then on the right hand side of the screen it will have links to Family assistance charts, you want the 2007 one. That is for the 1st of April '06 - 31st of March '07 financial year. Then just match your hubby's gross income to the chart & it will tell you what you are entitled to. For example, my fiancee earn's $41k & I have estimated that I earn about $3k (overestimating that), so our combined income for next year will be roughly $44k. With one baby that entitles me to Family support of $74 p/f & $120 In Work Payment p/f. And this will go up when baby no. 2 arrives, plus I will get 4x $300 p/f payments for Parental Tax Credit. There is also an accomodation supplement but I'm not sure what you would be entitled to, you would need to call WINZ. Hope that helps! ------------- Mum to Alex (11), Blaire (10) & Erika (8) and Damien (6) Successful HWB VBA2Cs! Soon to be surrogate |
Posted By: Kazzle
Date Posted: 16 January 2006 at 7:53pm
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thanks for that,
i am going to ring ird and get all the paper work sent out to me, and just go from there. and Jax i meant i was 5mths when i moved jobs again. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 16 January 2006 at 9:01pm
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I don't qualify for the in-work payment because I am self employed which is a big rip-off because I pay even more tax than wage earners (GST + PAYE) but thems the breaks. I do get Family Assistance tho, and Family Assistance payments and thresholds are going up significantly on 1 April this year so it's worth checking out (I will be getting around $50 more per week) -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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