Dear SG,
Although I’ve cross blog this with Karen’s baby blog, I didn’t forget that To SG with Love from NZ is still a blog for differentiating SG and NZ. (Not that there are a lot of similarities to begin with! Hee…)
But since we are on babies’ topics, I would like to take this opportunity to answer one of the most commonly asked questions by all my SG’s mom and girlfriends. How long is my maternity leave?
In SG, we are given 12 weeks of PAID maternity leave, 8 weeks by the company we are working for, and 4 weeks by the SG government. Certain conditions apply of course, for example, we had to be working in the organization for at least 180 days to qualify for it. And when I stress PAID leave, I mean paid as in the monthly gross rate of pay.
In NZ, the Pros are that the companies are obliged to provide the maternity leave for a maximum duration of one year. Now for the cons, the leaves are unpaid. Another pros, the NZ government will provide an allowance of approximately $400 a week for up to 14 weeks. And the cons again, we are taxed on that $400 which means it’s down to $300 a week (reminder, the tax in NZ is really high and cost of living is pretty high too).
In case you are wondering if $300 a week is sufficient, renting a house here would cost at least $200+ a week on the lower end of the scale, if there is a house mortgage to pay off, that will be at least 3 times the cost of renting which is at least $600+ a week and that’s also on the lower end of the scale. There’s always a silver lining though, with so many different welfare bodies in NZ, if “money no enough”, there’s always a welfare packages that might fulfill the basic needs.
Read on a friend’s blog that the new local movie, Money no enough 2 (钱不够用2) is pretty good. Anyone cares to send me the VCD? ;)
With love from NZ,
J
3 comments:
$$ not enough 2 is still showing on cinema... Maybe few months later you can catch it free at crunchyroll.com
Found out that SG just had a new policy starting aug, 4 mths fully paid maternity leave! yeah! think a couple of my friends will be considering a 2nd one soon.
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