Coronation Street - Current Episode Discussion - IV

They went for the retcon route with David and Max then. Predictable, rather than finding the legal loophole I was talking about in another thread.

Loved Michael reeling off all of Gail's prior surnames :lol:

Really don't think I could stomach Tracey being pregnant by Tony as a way to carry on the Barlow legacy. Hope they don't go down that route now that Deirdre's gone. I find Tony really creepy.

normally people come back from maternity after a few months unless they can afford otherwise

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Originally Posted by swmc66

normally people come back from maternity after a few months unless they can afford otherwise

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statutory maternity pay is for 39 weeks.
the pay is 90%of normal pay or 138.18 per week
whichever is the greater.

statutory maternity leave is for 52 weeks. and it
is possible to cover the unpaid part of absence
by any annual holiday entitlement you were due to
but havent taken taken at the start of maternity
leave.
Most ( large) employers have info sheets they
will provide to pregnant employees.

Also unions will provide packs and stress the
need to give employers the right notifications
at the right time to preserve entitlements
EG - return to.work

Theres also the govt website and I know people
who have obtained telephone advice from.ACAS
even if no official dispute.
like everything else u need to read the " small print"

Initially there wasnt any statutory maternity pay/
leave - then it was 3 months for a long time and
has increased since. It took a long time for
women to be granted this -so people do want to
take it- usually.

dupl

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Originally Posted by Kim

They went for the retcon route with David and Max then. Predictable, rather than finding the legal loophole I was talking about in another thread.

Loved Michael reeling off all of Gail's prior surnames :lol:

Really don't think I could stomach Tracey being pregnant by Tony as a way to carry on the Barlow legacy. Hope they don't go down that route now that Deirdre's gone. I find Tony really creepy.

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At least it was addressed on screen, David and Max

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Originally Posted by maidmarian

Kim found a clip which dependent on
whether you read it as present tense or
future could mean David had adopted
Max or he hasnt.
In the clip David says "the adoption stuff
has come thru for Max " which most
would read as an application already made
and now approved.
But in a recent episode( that Ive not seen
yet) its said that David hasnt adopted Max.

So now we are supposed to think the
"adoption stuff "that David recd was an
application form that wasnt completed??

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I just couldn't believe my ears when David said he'd never got around to officially adopting Max. In the clip you mention, MaidMarian, Audrey replied that Max was now just as much his as Lily is. This implies the adoption was finalised. There were ways around this as we've discussed on other threads at length.

It's also silly that Callum's on the birth certificate as we've been told he wasn't around when Max was born.

I wish they wouldn't take the viewers as idiots! :angry:

I think Corrie writers and producers read these boards :p

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Originally Posted by maidmarian

statutory maternity pay is for 39 weeks.
the pay is 90%of normal pay or 138.18 per week
whichever is the greater.

statutory maternity leave is for 52 weeks. and it
is possible to cover the unpaid part of absence
by any annual holiday entitlement you were due to
but havent taken taken at the start of maternity
leave.
Most ( large) employers have info sheets they
will provide to pregnant employees.

Also unions will provide packs and stress the
need to give employers the right notifications
at the right time to preserve entitlements
EG - return to.work

Theres also the govt website and I know people
who have obtained telephone advice from.ACAS
even if no official dispute.
like everything else u need to read the " small print"

Initially there wasnt any statutory maternity pay/
leave - then it was 3 months for a long time and
has increased since. It took a long time for
women to be granted this -so people do want to
take it- usually.

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I was the last one 15 yrs ago to go on maternity leave and was paid for 3 months. Glad it has changed. Last yr someone joined my company but as I hired her when she was in her later stages of pregnancy she did not have any entitlement from my company. So rules still harsh for some people.

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Originally Posted by maidmarian

statutory maternity pay is for 39 weeks.
the pay is 90%of normal pay or 138.18 per week
whichever is the greater.

statutory maternity leave is for 52 weeks. and it
is possible to cover the unpaid part of absence
by any annual holiday entitlement you were due to
but havent taken taken at the start of maternity
leave.
Most ( large) employers have info sheets they
will provide to pregnant employees.

Also unions will provide packs and stress the
need to give employers the right notifications
at the right time to preserve entitlements
EG - return to.work

Theres also the govt website and I know people
who have obtained telephone advice from.ACAS
even if no official dispute.
like everything else u need to read the " small print"

Initially there wasnt any statutory maternity pay/
leave - then it was 3 months for a long time and
has increased since. It took a long time for
women to be granted this -so people do want to
take it- usually.

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I was the last one 15 yrs ago to go on maternity leave and was paid for 3 months. Glad it has changed. Last yr someone joined my company but as I hired her when she was in her later stages of pregnancy she did not have any entitlement from my company. So rules still harsh for some people.

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Originally Posted by tammyy2j

I think Corrie writers and producers read these boards :p

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oh i DO hope so.