So I never thought I would be that girl. But the thought is stuck in my head. Friends, co-workers and even my mother are telling me "you need to get your doctor to take you out on disability already!!" I know that legally and ethically, they cannot (shouldn't) do it, but do they? I know there are lots of legit reasons...but not sure any apply to me. Back story - I guess folks are concerned about me since DS was born at 36 wks via emergency c due to sudden pre-e and HELLP. Yes my life is super busy, work is stressfull and having those complications does increase my health risk this time, but only to 27% per my doctors.....
DS brings homes so many illnesses I have been sick a couple time a month pretty much the whole pregnancy. And we're talking coughing, inhalers, can't sleep etc. I am so exhausted all the time, but yeah we all are to some extent.
So I guess I am asking, does this really happen and how?
Re: trying to get taken out of work???
When I was pg with DD, my OB just said that if I felt like I just couldn't anymore or it was getting to be too much, that she would write me out of work. I was fine and preferred to use my available time off (FMLA 12 weeks) AFTER the baby rather than before.
It is not unreasonable for a woman late in her pregnancy to be off work. It's a little different, I mean, you're not totally disabled, but honestly things are really really uncomfortable.
DMoney will be a kickass big sister
Same here. I just stopped a week before due date because doc was convinced baby was coming early... (and now I wait, wait wait) but I wanted to use most of my time off after baby's here so hoping LO makes an appearacne this week so I hve 11 weeks pp.
It was exhausting working til this late in pregnancy but my work was cool about letting me wrk a few hours less every day - I am hourly anyways so they weren't losing any money over this.
Maybe you can ask to work from home once a week or just go down to 4 days?
Dear CA_EAM,
I've been in the HR Management field in CA for 15+ years... Employers in the state of CA will obide by whatever your Dr says regarding when you are to be "disabled" from work... If your Dr puts you out tomorrow then that is what will happen - espcially in CA employers are not interested in arguing with what a Dr says as for fear of being sued...
A qualified CA employee (employed with current company for 12 months & have worked more then 1250 hours in that 12 month period of time) you will be eligible for FMLA, CFRA and the CA Paid FMLA program (the later is not job protected leave)... FMLA & CFRA run concurrently and both start the day that your Dr has deemed you "disabled" from work...
I always recommend that people speak to their HR Rep to get the specific FMLA, CFRA and SDI (State Disability Insurance) forms, etc... You will want to make sure that you have everything in order prior to going out on leave...
Good luck with everything!!!
K
I'm in CA but my employer pays for private disability and we don't pay into state disability so the rules are a little different in my case. I would talk to your HR person. My employer is allowing me to take 6 mos off, so more time than FMLA protects your job, but they are very family friendly. My doctor wrote me out of work at 36w5d. I am having complications though with rheumatoid arthritis, pregnancy carpal tunnel and elevated BP.
I would talk to HR and then talk to your doctor.
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This is correct. You can get up to 4 weeks of disability (PDL) before your EDD if your doc determines you are "disabled." FMLA (12 weeks), if you qualify for it, runs concurrently with PDL. You get 6-8 weeks of PDL after delivery depending on type of delivery.
CFRA kicks in AFTER you are no longer disabled (so when your doc releases you back to normal activity). CFRA runs concurrently with your remaining FMLA (12 weeks minus however many you were disabled for). Because FMLA runs concurrently with both PDL and CFRA, it's easier to just think about your leave in terms of PDL and CFRA since those two are not concurrent. So that's a total of 18-20 weeks (assuming you work until you deliver and depending on the type of delivery) .
I never intended on doing it, but totally did.
Dr put me on short term disability starting at 36 weeks- LO is jammed on my sciatic nerve and I have a horrible commute (3 subways each way- rush hour).
My work gives 8 weeks paid maternity starting when LO is born, so I'm not cutting into that at all-- their rules for the short term disability is that I get full pay- I'm not sure how many weeks, but definitely more than the 4-5 max I would be taking.
I also plan on added 2 vacation weeks I saved up to the end of my maternity.
Technically, even if LO is born on time, this would put me over FMLA job protection, but I spoke to my HR department, and she said they really don't even consider taking away a job until it has been 6 months, and even then, it's a matter of do they feel like this person is ever coming back. She also pointed out that I'm in a 4 person department.... they pretty much couldn't replace me if they tried