There was an interesting piece in ‘Pulse’* recently, talking about the difficulties partners may face when going on maternity leave.
Trying to arrange cover to minimise the extra workload falling on the remaining partners was described as ‘stressful’ engendering feelings of ‘guilt’ and ‘pressure’.
Given that, for maternity leave, there is usually plenty of time to arrange the necessary cover it is worrying that, even with weeks or months of planning, it can end up being a difficult process.
Consider then, the extra levels of stress and hassle that would land in the partners’ laps if one of them falls ill or has an accident and can’t work.
Potentially, the situation is even trickier than when a partner takes maternity leave as there is no advance warning and no time to plan.
Locum insurance – insuring the partners against absence from work due to illness and accident protects the partners. It delivers a sum of money into their hands which can either pay for a locum or can reimburse partners who take on extra work.
Money isn’t everything but it can certainly make a difficult situation bearable.
* Dilemma: No locum cover available for maternity leave | Feature | Pulse Today (available as Premium Content)
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