Mobile : Anyone quit their job on maternity leave?
I'm just curious if anyone quit their job while on maternity leave, how did that work with you HR department? Did you have to repay any benefits, were you able to leave on good standing or is it considered not giving a 2 weeks notice?
TIA
Re: XP: Anyone quit their job on maternity leave?
I didn't care about leaving in good standing...I was pissed about my maternity leave not being covered, when I had been lead to believe it would be, my manager was a d bag, and it was not a good company to work for. Had it been a company I cared about, I would have at least returned for a couple of weeks to train a replacement. I would have side eyed the hell out of someone for doing this before I was in this situation, but...it happens.
Hope you don't get any flames :mobile smiley:
I have not experienced this personally, but when I was practicing law at the big firms quite a few moms didn't come back from 3 months paid maternity leave. I inquired about it and was told that although technically the firm could ask for the money paid out during leave to be repaid, the firm has never made anyone do it.
I also have a few friends that work on Wall St. and in HR at some large companies that took paid leave and decided not to return. They also were not required to pay leave money back.
I think the only thing you can do is check with HR. I'm sure it varies from employer to employer. It almost seems as if the larger the employer, the less likely you will be required to pay back the money.
Wish I could be more help.
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