06-18-2009, 09:48 PM | #1 |
Canyon Carver
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Add me to the ranks of the unemployeed...
For 13 months that is...
Today was my last shift in the ER and I am off on short term illness for work until I give birth Then Mat leave for a year to raise the Squirmy. An hour into it and I started kinda panicking. I feel a need to work, but my body is failing me and it's getting a bit dangerous in the ER. I warned a patient today if he as so much as touched me, I am hitting him back. Got a baby bump to protect. I'm sure I'll get used to this "not working" thing eventually. But it goes against my grain since I was 15. I'm sure in a year I wont want to go back. Someone drink a beer for me please. I am having a def tea... Kirsty |
06-18-2009, 09:49 PM | #2 | |
Hold mah beer!
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congrats on the baby
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06-18-2009, 10:41 PM | #3 |
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Mat leave for a year? Is that paid?
You're gonna go insane. |
06-18-2009, 10:44 PM | #4 |
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06-18-2009, 10:53 PM | #5 |
For Science. You Monster.
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canada You recieve EI 345/week) but a lot of companies top it up (mine does). It can be taken by the mom or dad, or split up between the two... Last edited by Apoc; 06-18-2009 at 10:56 PM.. |
06-19-2009, 07:05 AM | #6 |
Pug Queen
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canada rocks! Too bad its too cold
Congrats Kirsty! Enjoy your time off! |
06-19-2009, 07:33 AM | #7 | |
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Mat leave is 17 weeks (pretty well 93% of my total pay - employer provided/topped up with EI) the other 34/35 weeks is EI. We're pretty lucky and have worked hard for this over many years. Gotta thank the women and men that came before me for this. I can't imagine heading back to work 6 weeks to 3 months after having a baby. I wouldn't want to hand my infant over to someone else to raise if I didn't have to. Not everyone has this opportunity up here. Financially we can handle it so might as well And I might just go nuts. I'll have to think of this as a sabatical. |
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06-19-2009, 09:36 AM | #8 |
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Damn a whole year thats nice, most of our peeps here go 6 to 12 weeks and are back working.
One of the other PA's just went out, shes about 5 months and is on bedrest now. last year she was at about 5 plus months and lost the baby so were hoping this one goes well. Tom |
06-19-2009, 10:16 AM | #9 |
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Good luck hun, I have a feeling you'll find plenty of things to keep you ocupied, both before and after birth!
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06-19-2009, 11:24 AM | #10 |
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congrats. you may go crazy without working until you have the little bugger, then your going to feel like your running your butt off and want to go to work for a break. you'll have a blast. carpet creepers are a lot of fun.
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