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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Pp who wants equal treatment - I agree that it would be much better if the government paid for leave. But especially in the case of very small employers (1 or 2 employees) I think it is a huge hardship to require them to pay for leave since they will need to pay for replacements in the mean time. In a large company the work likely is just covered mostly by shifting the burden a bit and making do for a bit. [/quote]

+1.  I'm an MB with 3 children, thus have been on maternity leave 3 times.  I've never been paid for maternity leave.  I did, however, continue to pay the nanny her regular salary during my maternity leave because that's the fair thing to do.  If, however, she had a baby, some of you think I should pay her for her maternity leave while simultaneously paying for backup care?  I agree nannies should be treated equally and fairly but paid maternity leave is not common, regardless of the job.[/quote]
What is your field where it's so uncommon?[/quote]

I'm a physician (I work for a private practice) but I have many friends in other fields who also had unpaid maternity leave. [/quote]

PP again. Also, as someone else pointed out, in most offices where there IS paid maternity leave they don't have to hire a temporary replacement for the person who is out. They just have other people in the office covering the work. There is a lot of talk on this forum about how nannies are underpaid and if you can't afford at least x amount you shouldn't have a nanny and I don't totally disagree with that but it's ridiculous to think an employer should be able to afford double the nanny's salary so she can take maternity leave while they also have to pay a second nanny for backup care during that time. I'm not saying the system isn't flawed but people all over this country have to make the decision everyday if they can afford a child and if they can afford to be without pay for their maternity leave. Unfortunately, that's not different for a nanny. [/quote]

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