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Rathji · 08-28-2010, 01:33 PM

I tried looking at the EI website but I couldn't pick out if there were any rules that cover this.

My wife went on Mat leave in August last year and has since returned to work.

The company where she works does yearly reviews and raises in September so last year she didn't get a raise. Now fast forward to this year and they are doing reviews again this coming September. She has been informed that they won't consider her for a raise because she hasn't been working for 6 months.

Shouldn't mat leave give her some sort of protection from being screwed like this? Seems like massive discrimination against women who are trying to have kids and return to work. I can understand not giving her both raises since she wasn't actually working. If she had had the baby a month later the review would have been done, and she would have had her raise.

Any thoughts?

08-28-2010, 01:33 PM	#1
Rathji Franchise Player Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Supporting Urban Sprawl Exp:	Mat leave and raises I tried looking at the EI website but I couldn't pick out if there were any rules that cover this. My wife went on Mat leave in August last year and has since returned to work. The company where she works does yearly reviews and raises in September so last year she didn't get a raise. Now fast forward to this year and they are doing reviews again this coming September. She has been informed that they won't consider her for a raise because she hasn't been working for 6 months. Shouldn't mat leave give her some sort of protection from being screwed like this? Seems like massive discrimination against women who are trying to have kids and return to work. I can understand not giving her both raises since she wasn't actually working. If she had had the baby a month later the review would have been done, and she would have had her raise. Any thoughts? __________________ "Wake up, Luigi! The only time plumbers sleep on the job is when we're working by the hour."