When are you planning to tell your employer that you aren't going to be coming back to work? Before you have the baby, during your maternity leave, other?? How does the whole 2 weeks notice work in this situation?
I'm not planning to come back to work and MH and I are also moving out the state a month after I give birth (yes, we know we are crazy!) I'm trying to figure out when to tell them I won't be coming back.
I know we all have a while to figure this out, but its been something that I've been thinking about a lot lately!
Re: If you work now but plan to SAH when baby comes
I can have up to 6 months extended maternity leave and I plan to take as long as I can. I'm torn between staying home or going back to work part-time, however the possibility of working parttime at my current job may not be possible so I will have to look for another job.
If I decide to not go back to work, I will first exhaust my FMLA then give my employer the notice.
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You earned that leave...go on leave and then tell, you can tell right away.
Really? In some states, they can make you pay back the cost of the leave itself and/or the medical benefits (this is what my friend who works in HR told me).
I'm no HR expert but this is why I said I will exhaust my FMLA benefits first before I tell my employer I'm not coming back.
I have never heard of this...but States are different and there are 50 of them. I would check it out. You earned the FMLA, use it!
FMLA is protected. Do them a favor and tell them after you get into it...not when it is exhausted - you will get the full time allotment . That way they can find someone to replace you.
Unfortunately my company only has 8 employees total so we aren't covered under FMLA. I think I'll wait until I'm closer to my due date and then talk to my boss and see if we can figure something out so I get my stock options but not take my full maternity leave.
Thanks again for all the advice! I would talk to our HR person but she is really gossipy and in such a small company I don't want to take any chances!
You are still cover by PDL - this is 5 or more employees
I am a teacher, so lucky for me I am due 2 days after the school year ends (super planning on a somewhat unplanned pregnancy!) ... I am planning on becoming a SAHM and getting my master's while being at home, but I will not be telling my school until the baby is out and healthy. We just witnessed a family go through the traumatic experience of giving birth to what they thought would be a healthy baby and it dying 4 hours after birth.. I am just one of those cautious people that I don't want to quit a job and then wind up needing it or life throwing some weird surprise at us...
I would say that since you are moving anyway a month later, you don't have much to worry about. Good luck with moving with a 1 month old!!!