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We believe Maternity Leave Cover should work for everyone. With CAKE, your business thrives while your team member takes the time they need. Instead of a single temp, we provide a team of specialists, coordinated by one dedicated contact, ensuring seamless support. When they’re ready to return, their role is well cared for—without the stress.
Because you both deserve to have your cake and eat it too.
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let's be honest
Traditional maternity leave cover comes with its own set of challenges for both employers and employees.
As a business owner or leader, finding the right temp can feel like a gamble. Most of the time, they don’t have the exact skills you need, and you end up scrambling to fill gaps while managing a team that’s already stretched thin. It’s exhausting trying to keep the business running smoothly without burning out your existing team.
And for the employee on leave, maternity leave should be a time to focus on family, but there’s always that worry in the back of your mind. Will you be replaced? Will you be able to step back into your role when you're ready? The pressure of returning after months away can be overwhelming, and it’s hard to balance family and career in the traditional model.
Wouldn't it be great if everyone could have their cake and eat it too?
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Let’s be real—when a valued team member goes on maternity leave, it can feel like a major disruption. You want to support them, but the pressure to keep the business running smoothly falls squarely on your shoulders. Finding a temp with the right skills is a gamble, overloading existing staff isn’t sustainable, and putting projects on hold isn’t an option.
You shouldn’t have to choose between business growth and doing the right thing for your people.
Maternity leave should be a time to embrace the joy (and chaos) of motherhood and raising a family—but for many, it comes with stress. You worry about how your team is coping without you, if your role will still be there, and how hard it will be to return.
You shouldn’t have to choose between your career and your family—you deserve to step away without anxiety and return with confidence.
At CAKE, we ensure businesses keep thriving while valued team members take the time they need to grow their family. Instead of relying on the limited skillset of a single temp, we provide a team of specialists, coordinated by one dedicated point of contact. This means every responsibility is covered, nothing slips through the cracks, and the returning employee steps back into a role that’s been well cared for—without the stress.
With CAKE, businesses stay on track, employees take the time they need, and the transition back to work is seamless, not stressful. Because you both deserve to have your cake and eat it too.
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for all the bumps along the way
client love
Cake have proactively gone above and beyond to keep to client deadlines as well as paying close attention to project details.
Helen spurgeon
marketing manager
harness energy
What we've been able to create in our business through CAKE in 1 year would have taken us 5.
Rod Martin
Chief executive officer
GO2 Health
We can't thank you enough for helping us out on this journey, we couldn't have done it without you!
Scott + Emma Clarke
co-owners (and husband + wife)
clarke services group
You Get A Village, Not Just One Pair of Hands
Rather than relying on one temp who might not be a perfect fit, we assemble a team of experts, each covering different aspects of the role.
One Point of Contact for Seamless Coordination
You won’t be juggling multiple stand-ins. We provide one dedicated coordinator to make everything run smoothly.
Your Business Doesn’t Just Maintain—It Grows
With the right support in place, your business won’t just “get by” while someone is on leave—it will thrive.
A Gentle, Well-Supported Return to Work
We help create a smooth transition for the employee’s return, offering flexible reintegration and up to 10 Keeping in Touch Days (as per Australian legislation) to stay connected on their terms.
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Take the Pressure Off – We handle the workload so your business runs smoothly.
Invest in the Right Expertise – Get the right people, at the right time, without overburdening a single temp.
Support Working Parents – Help returning employees ease back into work with family-friendly flexibility.
maternity leave cover
“Mothers are like glue. Even when you can't see them, they're still holding the family together.”
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