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| Hi All
Just joined this community and wondering if anyone could offer some helpful advice on maternity rights in Geneva area.
What are the income implications in a situation where the mother to be is on long-term sick leave (less than 5 months into pregnancy) ?
Is the employer required to continue full payment ?
Can payment be reduced to 80% as is the case during maternity leave after the baby is born?
Can the employer stop making payments altogether and only minimum medical insurance payments are made ?
Any thoughts on this complex topic would be appreciated. | |
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it's not complex; your employer, for the first 90 days of the sick note will pay you as normal.
From day 91 to the day before you give birth, you will get a proportion paid by the employer and the insurance kicks in to cover the rest (making up to 90% of your normal wage, I think).
From the day the child is born, maternity coverage and rights kick in.
Your HR people should be able to confirm this; you've been sending them the sick notes, I assume?