Mums could face month-long wait for maternity benefit payment
Mums waiting to get their maternity benefit may have to go without it for a month. There is a backlog of 2,850 claims waiting to be processed by the The Department of Social Protection. The delay is due to the implementation of a new system and the training of new staff at the Department, it told RTÉ News in […]
10 years ago
READERS REVEAL: The Realities of Maternity Leave
A large chasm has opened up between women whose employers pay full maternity benefit and those who receive nothing beyond the statutory State maternity benefit for six months after giving birth. As our annual Slice of Ireland survey once more revealed what’s really going on in the hearts and homes of families across the country, one […]
11 years ago