MATERNITY BENEFITS - DO YOU GET PAID LEAVE?

We get 7 months maternity leave. 4 months at full pay, 3 months at 1/3 pay. (i work for an oil company). Gosh, i think its really unfair for employers to give nothing. I mean, i understand if its a really small company, but more and more i hear of large companies being unfair.

Hi Mienkie

I work for a bank.

You need to ahve worked for them for a minimum of 12 months to qualify but they 100% of your salary for 4 months then I think you sign something to work for 4 months after.

You can have 2 kids in a 5 year period and the same as above will apply. 100% pay for 4 months. and you can take an additional 2 months unpaid.

Interesting topic which I never had to worry about the first time around but its different now!

At my last company, as a rule they would pay 30% of your salary, and you claim the rest from UIF which is also around a 30-35% payout. And it was disclosed on the UIF slips, it worked out fine.
Then they introduced a benefit when one of the ladies was pregnant that if you'd been there longer than 3yrs they'd pay 50% the first two times and then back to 30% after that.
It was also stipulated in the contract that you had to work there for 12 months afterwards in order to benefit from this payment which is not unreasonable, but does complicate things if you are planning on becoming a SAHM once baby is born.

I also understood that remaining credits from your cycle get carried over if not used up for maternity leave, and if you change jobs it starts accumulating on top of that.
I would certainly hope so because I was retrenched, applied for maternity UIF and then normal UIF after that, for a total of 8 months I think. After that I worked for 8 months on a contract, and now I'll probably be doing contract work again till baby arrives. I could certainly do with some maternity UIF during this time!!!

I am so glad your boss is willing to help you with this!!

I work for a large corporate multinational.

We get 60% pay for 4 months. The rest we must claim from UIF.

If you get pregnant again you will still get the 60% however no UIF.

Good luck!

Hi

We get 3 months fully paid Maternity leave. Most people return to work after the 3 months, otherwise you could take another month unpaid.

I hope you get paid something though!

I got paid 100% for four months and signed the same as first timer... and for the second child we get paid a third and sign the same contract.

I got paid 100% for 4 months. I signed an agreement that I would work for the company for 12 months after the maternity leave - or repay them benefits plus gross salary. My husband's company is the same with their female employees.