Hi everyone,
three months ago me and my boyfriend moved to Malta and both of us started working.
During my first month of work I found out that I am pregnant and started to read about the maternity laws here. What I found out was that the mother has the right of 14 weeks paid by the employer and if she doesn't return after these 14 weeks she should return the money to the employer.
We are only the two of us and no one of our mothers could come to take care about the baby during the next 2-3 years so I will stop working.
My question is - when I stop working which will be 4 weeks before the due date I will be unemployed - do I have the right to give birth here in Malta when I am unemployed (forgot to mention that we are both EU citizens)?
Can I pay the taxes for the social security even when I am unemployed so that I can give birth in non private hospital?
If we get married by the time when I will be unemployed and my husband is working - do I have the right to give birth in non private hospital?
I will be very happy if someone could hell me with the answers.
Thank you in advance!