That a load of rubbish. Paid maternity leave is a great idea so if we can afford it then everyone should get it.Yes, lets go backwards! Nurses, gardai, teachers and the like are the people who actually serve the country...surely they if anyone deserve things such as paid maternity leave?
Yes, if the companies can afford it they pay it. If they can't they don't. At the moment the state, as an employer, can't. It would be great if it could... but it can't.This may be true for small companies and self employed, but 26 weeks full paid leave is the norm in most large private sector companies.
It appears that Gardai, Nurses and Teachers etc are entitled to 26 weeks full paid maternity leave. Surley this should be scrapped and public service workers should be treated the same as most private sector workers and have maternity leave limited to the DSFA payment. I cannot quantify the savings that this would lead to but I'm sure they are substantial enough given the times we are in.
Public sector workers (both civil and public service) who were recruited before 1995 don't qualify for Maternity Benefit from SW as they don't pay the appropriate PRSI contributions.
Do they still get full pay while on maternity leave?Public sector workers (both civil and public service) who were recruited before 1995 don't qualify for Maternity Benefit from SW as they don't pay the appropriate PRSI contributions.
Yes, if the companies can afford it they pay it. If they can't they don't. At the moment the state, as an employer, can't. It would be great if it could... but it can't.
Yes, lets go backwards! Nurses, gardai, teachers and the like are the people who actually serve the country...surely they if anyone deserve things such as paid maternity leave?
Yes, number four will be here in a few weeks but how did you deduce that from my post???Don't tell me there is yet another little purpler on the way!
You assume wrong. No, no medals, just basic provisions such as paid maternity, which has proven benefits to children and society, as well as the individual employees.
With so much waste, so much profiteering, double and triple pensions to ministers, bizarre overpayments...there are a million and one places to cut spending from the public purse before you take away a hard won thing such as paid maternity, a symbol of progression in society and a lot more than a "perk".
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