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Oh Honey, Im sure everything will work out for the best, please please try and not stress to much, u will just make ur self more and more upset and then u will get angry for being so upset etc. Im not to sure on Canadian Maternity laws but in Aust we have just brought in the "Paid perental leave" system, which allows a working parent to take 18wks leave and recieve the maximum wage that they would get if they were still at work eg: fulltime mother will get roughly $550.00p/w. But it doesnt have to be the mothers have to apply it can be the fathers if the mothers want to go back to work!!! So u could be in f/time, cas, seasonal, self employed ect and u will recieve it if u work a min of 20hrs/pw.

Keep me up todate with everything please, and remember everything happenes for a reason.

xxx

Hi Beans,

You probably know this, but in Canada your EI maternity benefits will be calculated based on your average weekly earnings in the 26 weeks before starting your maternity leave (your benefits will be 55% of your average weekly earnings or $468/week, whichever is LESS).

So, the sooner you can get full time hours, the better benefits you'll qualify for. You might want to start looking right away.

I'm sorry your manager is being such a jerk. Do try to stay relaxed, take deep breaths... but don't worry too much when you're feeling stressed that it's not good for the baby. First of all, that just compounds the problem - getting stressed about getting stressed! More importantly, though, every pregnant woman gets stressed - it's a stressful time, even when it's a joyful one. Your baby will be fine. Studies saying that stress leads to low birthweight and other problems are usually talking about extreme situations - women who are clinically depressed, abused, have no family support, etc.

i just tried asking him and he doesnt care that its screwing me over...the owners would be ok with it thats what pisses me off!!!! the fact that hes new to our company been their less then 6 months and male explains it all.......im done as soon as the baby scare stuff is over and everythings ok im finding a new job....walmart may hire me fulltime for 3 months before i go on mat leave......but of course i wont quit till i have a job lined up that would screw me over more

Beans, first, you need the job. Second, stressing out isn't good for you. Do they know u're pregnant and, is it possible for them to give you a day off? I suggest you calm down and have a heart to heart talk with your boss about why you need the extra hours. Hopefully, he'll be understanding. Cheer up.