MATERNITY BENEFITS - DO YOU GET PAID LEAVE?

thanks ladies. i seem most of us have a raw deal. why ALL companies cant pay a portion is beyond me.

Jeanine - thanks for the info but i called uif and they said they have a new policy since 2010 that if you were retrenched you have to work for 4 years to get enough credits again to be able to claim - whether its for unemployment or maternity . i'm 32 weeks pregs and i find this out now only...

Just a quick note - It doesn't sound right that UIF wont pay anything!!
Even if you used up all your credits after the retrenchment - you should be able to claim at least a portion of your maternity benifits, since you are obviously working again...
The one site (www.labourprotect.co.za/uifbenefits.htm) mentions 1 day credit for every six days worked - so for every 6 months you've worked, you should be able to claim 1 month maternity leave.

EDIT: - or not - seems that this is only for maternity

To calculate the number of days of benefits to which a contributor is entitled:
1. Determine the total number of days that the contributor was employed (and contributing) in the four-year period immediately preceding the date of application for benefits.
2. Divide the total number of days by 6, disregarding any remainder or fractional portion of the result.
3. Subtract the number of days (if any) for which the contributor claimed benefits (other than maternity benefits) in terms of this Act during the preceding four years.

Hi,

The company I worked for when I had my LB paid me 75% of my salary, and then I claimed from UIF for the rest. (so effectifly 100% if I combined the 2)
This was stated on my UIF forms, and it didn't affect their payouts. As long as your payout from UIF + the payout from your company doesn't exceed your full salary.
e.g. if your company pays you 80%, UIF will only pay 20%, and if your company pays 100%, UIF will pay nothing...

The place I work for also offer nothing, just what you get from UIF, but we did give the lady who went her full bonus at the end of last year.

My sister gets about a third of her salary, which isn't stated on her UIF so she can still claim, it's a bit illegal but she's highly qualified .

Another company I worked for gives about half but the contract states that after she comes back from maternity leave she has to stay on for at least a year

I got fully paid leave (4 months) from the school I worked at. This was with both of my pregnancies at different schools (both private schools.)

I need some help pls… I’m the first person in the 10 yrs of my firm's existence to fall pregs and go on maternity leave. They have no maternity policy in place at all. I spoke to my boss earlier about this and how uif doesnt want to pay me anything (long story involving retrenchment 3 yrs ago) and she was MAJORLY shocked that I must only get money from uif and that our company will give nothing. She wants to go to the big boss when he comes from overseas in 2 weeks time to ask him about paying me something while I’m off. I have to do a “report” on what other companies offer their female employees when they go on maternity leave so she can show him.

Could you ladies help me by stating if you get paid anything and what the % is and the terms are?

Would really appreciate it.