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Does your employer offer adoption benefits?
My DH's uncle said his company will pay up to 5K in adoption expenses for its employees. I know my job doesn't but my husband works for a large company so I have been searching their benefit website with no luck. Are adoption benefits common?
"In a perfect world every home has a dog and every dog has a loving home."
www.animalrescueneworleans.org
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Re: Does your employer offer adoption benefits?
I work for a very large employer -- we get 2 weeks off paid immediately following placement (not for foster -- adoption only) and then they reimburse up to 2k of adoption expenses after finalization.
I've never seen a company that pays adoption expenses before finalization, but I'm sure they're out there.
My previous company offered no paid time off and 2k of reimbursement after finalization -- same industry, similar size.
HTH.
Fairly common--most of the places I've worked have offered something. But you might have to ask HR directly to find out about it.
Mine offers a small adoption benefit, and DH's company just quadrupled their earlier benefit (WOOT!).
DH's company offers the 2nd largest adoption benefit, it is awesome and will be a definite help for a Russian adoption!
We are psyched and very lucky!
For all its faults my company will give me full maternity leave (10 weeks with full pay) and $5k reimbersement for adoption costs. The covered costs seemed a little vague, but there is not a requirement for the adoption to be finalized before we receive reimbersement.
DH's company offers nothing, so he will use vacation or maybe sick time when we go pick up the baby.
absolutely nothing.
My husband's company has no adoption benefits (and it's one of the largest companies in it's field), and I run my own business - so no benefits there either (we are paying for the adoption with profits from my business as well as saving up for when we decide our little guy needs a little sister)
It is great to see all those that do offer benefits!
Thanks for all of the info!! DH's company offers 12 weeks of leave for adoption but I do not see a financial benefit on the website. I know that I can take the standard 6-8 weeks off from my office just as I would for maternity leave. I just was not aware until yesterday that some companies actually will pay back some of the expenses.
I am sad to say my company offers nothing. We don't even have a formal maternity leave policy.
I work for a small company, and if a company has less than 50 employees, they dont even have to offer the FMLA 12 weeks a year. My boss was nice enough to give me 2 weeks (vacation) when we brought the baby home, but when you bring an infant home (especially one that is a preemie and drug baby) that is NOTHING.
2 weeks seems not enough to me for an adoption for an infant. Sleep deprivation alone about killed me!
Anyway, I am thankful I have a job and that I was able to take 2 weeks off, but it was really hard.
I work for a non-profit hospital so we don't get any financial contributions. However, we do get the same generous maternity leave as birthing moms.
Argh....I take it back. We get the same benefits but the benefits rely on State Disability, and I won't qualify....unless I break my finger at the same time :P
Now rethinking it all, I will be able to take off the same time (up to 5 months) as my birthing counterparts but it will be at the rate of using half of my sick (family care) and all of my vacation. I guess I can't complain...but as previous posters said, the stress is often the same as other moms.