Help for Mums Returning to Work - Questions
Mum Zone’s resident Professional Job Specialist Leigh of Hire My Mum is available to answer some of your questions about returning to work.
Topics include: childcare costs,
contributing financially to your household, what to expect when returning to work, if it’s been a long time since you worked in an office, keeping up your skills, how your partner feels about you returning to work, suitable child minding or support networks, where to start finding a job, the ideal work from home job, identifying a scam job that could cost you money and more.
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Readers’ Questions
I am a mum of four - (10, 4, 3 and 16 months) and I am looking to return to work. I am experiencing both mother guilt and the need to get out and work again.
My children are adaptable to change but how can I ease them into the fact that mummy is working again.
I am 6 weeks pregnant with our first baby. I am a baker and wanting to continue but realise it is heavy and hot work, up to 45 degrees and I want to know how I should work, any precautions I should take, when I should finish work? Thanks.
I am a stay at home mum and I am keen to earn some extra income but I am not comfortable putting my daughter into childcare. I would love some assistance with work from home options. I have read about online surveys, mystery shoppers, but which ones are scams and can you earn a decent income. What are the other options?
I am a work at home mum and I run my own business. I have 2 kids which are my priority of course, but I’m finding it increasingly difficult to keep on top of my growing business workload. I am finding I stay up later and later trying to get everything done so I don’t get enough sleep which isn’t good at all - it is affecting my health and I’m really struggling with keeping on top of things - there just aren’t enough hours in the day. Do you have any advice for time management techniques or other ideas on how to successfully juggle a family and run a business from home? I would love to be able to employ someone to help with my business but it’s just not at that stage yet financially. Any help you can offer would be greatly appreciated.
I have returned back to work part time, but ideally I would love to work from home for myself or for a company that allows a work from home arrangement. Why is it so hard to find employers in Australia that are that flexible?? If I am wrong please enlighten me!
I want to return to work but don’t understand the childcare rebate… does it cut my weekly childcare cost straight away or will it give me a bigger tax return?
I returned to work two weeks ago with my 15 week old baby. I am very lucky as my employees have allowed my baby to come to work with me each day. Just wondering about worker’s compensation and the legal side of things?
If I return to work, and my boss is amenable to the idea, how does one juggle working from home with a baby? My baby seems to take up my whole day anyway, so when do I find time to “work” in there as well as look after him? Does it really work when my baby is at an age where he can’t entertain himself?
I was just wondering if there was any work available for stay at home mums being a nurse? I have a 5 month old and don’t want to go back to work at the hospital.
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