Hi, does anyone know the regulations about maternity leave for helpers? My helper recently told me she was pregnant and I'm in the process of trying to work out how to manage the next six or seven months that she is pregnant and on maternity leave.
From what I know of my helper's personality, I anticipate that she will take full advantage of pregnancy to cut down her work load - already at almost three months she doesn't want to cook our food / too tired to do the washing up in the evenings etc. Whilst I fully understand the horrible exhaustion of the first three months and the discomfort of the last three, she pretty much works half days already so has plenty of time to sleep and rest around the few chores she is required to do. I imagine that as her pregnancy progresses - particularly in the third trimester - she will cut down her work load even more. As I said, she only works half days now - less work than I would do in the UK if I lived there just in running the house (not to mention working full time as well). In terms of what work she does as her pregnancy progresses, I guess I have little control, but can I make her take her maternity leave four weeks before she delivers if she is doing no work at all by that point? Does anyone know? Or can she just effectively stop working a couple of months before she's due but insist she only starts her maternity once the baby is born?
From what I know of my helper's personality, I anticipate that she will take full advantage of pregnancy to cut down her work load - already at almost three months she doesn't want to cook our food / too tired to do the washing up in the evenings etc. Whilst I fully understand the horrible exhaustion of the first three months and the discomfort of the last three, she pretty much works half days already so has plenty of time to sleep and rest around the few chores she is required to do. I imagine that as her pregnancy progresses - particularly in the third trimester - she will cut down her work load even more. As I said, she only works half days now - less work than I would do in the UK if I lived there just in running the house (not to mention working full time as well). In terms of what work she does as her pregnancy progresses, I guess I have little control, but can I make her take her maternity leave four weeks before she delivers if she is doing no work at all by that point? Does anyone know? Or can she just effectively stop working a couple of months before she's due but insist she only starts her maternity once the baby is born?
