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2nd Trimester
Anyone not covered under FMLA?
I work for a company with under 50 employees so we are not subject to the FMLA laws. I will still be offered some leave and I am sure things will be fine, but they are not required to hold my job for me. It makes me a little nervous. Just wondering if anyone else is in this situation and what kind of leave you are offered?
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Re: Anyone not covered under FMLA?
Same here- I am not offered leave under FMLA because I have worked with this corporation for less than 1 year and its wracking my nerves that they might not hold my job for me ( probably not!)
My company is obligated under FMLA BUT I have not been here a year so I am not covered. They assured me that my job would be here after I get back. They are very curious about how many weeks I want for maternity and are pushy about just taking 4 weeks but that is not going to happen seeing as I am not putting my 4 week old baby in a nursery (don't feel much better about 6 weeks but hey. Gotta do what you gotta do, right?!?) They did tell me that if I have to go on bed rest then might be a problem.... that makes me nervous.
Yikes! That is horrible! I guess I am kinda lucky, both my bosses were super cool about it but they both have young kids at home so they understand. Sorry your boss sucks so bad!
I'm not covered by it and while that's a bummer I also am lucky to have a great boss. He's letting me use my sick leave and vacation from this year and my vacation from '10 for over three weeks of 100% paid leave (my rollover date for the year is the week I'm due). He has also had his secretary find another program for me wich will give me an "unpaid waiting period" of one week and then pay me at 55% of my pay for the other two weeks I plan to take off for my total of 6-7 weeks. PM me and when they send over the paper work I'll try and remember to give you the name of the program.
I also work in an office adjacent to my house so it will be a bit easier for me to come back to work, I think I'd go stir crazy if I took more time off, and I will have LO at home with me while I'm working. As long as my office door is open my required hours for customers then I can "work when it fits my schedual.
^^ this is horrible!! Is there anything you can do like work part time from home so you won't have to take as much vaca/sick time?
I am not covered at all, our company has 6 employees and has never had a pregnant gal working there. Luckily, they are my family and will give me as much time as I need or want. I can't imagine the stress with having to worry about your job, money, stability, AND a newborn. God bless you all!!
Most people don't get paid leave. It sucks, but why should they pay you if you are not doing any work?
Yep under 50 employees.
Want to know what I get?
2 weeks unpaid + 4 weeks where I'm required to work part time
It sucks.
I'm hoping to leave before then.
Be glad you get to take vacation and sick leave!! I work for the feds too. My judge doesn't have me covered under the Leave Act (in other words, he gets to say whether I accrue vacation and sick leave, and I don't) . Not so great. And of course I didn't know I was going to get prengant so I can't get disability through a private carrier.
I'm not covered under FLMA either. I found out I was pregnant 2 weeks into the job.
What?? Talk to the Canadians and the British girls on here! In my line of work, maternity leave is generally paid (in private practice, not for the government, obviously, and I'm with the government until a couple months after the baby is born, when I'll go into private practice)
Not covered- but I can take my sick and vacation accrued time (won't be much cause I haven't worked here a year) and then I get up to six weeks unpaid (of course!)...
So DH and I are saving every penny to afford that. My boss is really great he said we will work something out- maybe I will work from home some or perhaps he said I can bring baby to work with me for a bit while we all adjust.
Who knows- they may just cancel my position!
Not under FMLA either. My company has less than 50 employees.
BUT, Iowa has a law that requires employers with 4 or more employees to offer 8 weeks of short term disability with job security (unpaid of course). It took a lot of research for me to find this - but would reccomend checking around to others! I actually contacted a lawyer to do a bit for me. My employer is great and I wasn't too worried about being replaced, but it's given me piece of mind knowing he CAN'T replace me now.
People in other countries w/ paid maternity leave usually pay much higher taxes. Nothing is ever "free". I think you are really lucky that you maternity leave is totally paid. In the U.S., most people don't get that. I think everyone should get maternity leave with reassurance of a job upon returning, but I still stand by: why should you get paid if you are not contributing anything to your employer during that time. It's just my opinion.
My maternity leave is not paid, but it would have been had I been in private practice. However, I do have to disagree with you just on the principle of it. Sure, at a retail job or something, maybe you shouldn't be paid for time you aren't working. But at the type of job where you are salaried, where you slave away for an employer for 12+ hours/day, all year, doing very challenging work, where you've worked there for a long while--I absolutely think you should get paid maternity leave.
I work for the federal government as well and the leave situation does bite a bit. My husband gets more paid maternity leave then I do. I can also take all vacation and sick leave... I am also allowed to use advanced sick leave. Not sure if you heard but over this past summer the House passed a bill that would give employees 4 weeks of the 12 FMLA weeks paid. This of course has to be passed through the senate which it hasn't even been debated yet as the lovely healthcare bill was taking up most of the schedule. Hopefully in the future it is passed. There reasoning is the 90% of the top 500 companies offer paid marternity leave. Which most of the federal government could up and leave and work for, as much as the taxpayers hate to hear it...the government has to be competitive with the outside workforce.
I'm in the very same boat:-) I'll only hvae two and a half months to be home with the babies. I pray that I don't need to go on bedrest while pregnant as well.