Bonus entitlement ?

[babysmamma]

Hi - hopefully a quickie - I'm just about to start my maternity leave and enquired how my bonus would be calculated - this was now 2 months ago and i havent heard back yet. I am going to follow up again (its normally paid in Jan)
I've heard (via a third party) that it is being reviewed ??? - can this be withheld because i am taking maternity leave or does this constitute discrimination - I dont want anything that i'm not 'entitled' to and woudl be happy even if this was based on a 'pro-rata' basis but i wont be best pleased if it's withheld all together
any thoughts/ experience

check back the recent threads on here to one called something like 'is this discrimination?' - it covers bonuses...

here

Check your contract.

Hi thanks for teh responses - its not stipulated in my contract (and we dont have an employee handbook) will wait and see what the outcome is (if i get one any time this century) and then take it from there. :-)

What is the bonus normally based on? Is it overall company performance or your individual performance?