Talking About Benefits

My friend in UK who is a nurse too is on maternity leave right now and guess how many months she will be on leave? She will be off for nine months and that with maternity pay from the NHS Trust. And after that if she want to have an extension she will get another nine months allowance from the government which is her social security benefits. How good is that? While over here in Oz. The employer will only pay you 6 weeks of maternity leave. That's the downside here. The good thing is the government will give you a $5,000 baby bonus. To clarify everybody, I'm not pregnant OK :)