Company Maternity Policy

CapeStef08 · February 2014

What is your company's maternity policy? I work for a larger company, about 600 employees globally headquartered in MA, so hoping to find out other policies of companies comparable in size. Thanks!

Maybride2 · February 2014

12 weeks FMLA, the standard.

jennyelf · February 2014

2 companies I worked for in MA, one had 6 weeks paid leave (full) for vaginal birth, 8 weeks for c-section. Other had 8 weeks full paid leave. You could take the remaining FMLA time in vacation or unpaid depending what you had available. Leave policies were only 70% pay for administrative staff.

Puppies+Rainbows+Unicorns · February 2014

In CA your job is protected for six weeks with SDI plus another 12 weeks with FLMA if your company has +50 employees and you have been there a year. SDI pays a portion of your salary and I am not sure exactly how FLMA works.

My company makes your salary whole for 12 weeks and then allows you to use sick/vacation so your salary is whole for the last six weeks. Also pays 100% of your salary for 4 weeks if you need to go out on leave early (no impact on time/pay after birth ). I think this is pretty good compared to other companies in the US. My company is based in Europe and my European coworkers are shocked/dismayed by how little time we are allowed in the US.

TheBorg7of9 · February 2014

i work for a big law firm and get 16 weeks paid maternity leave.

Avion22 · February 2014

I'm in the military. I get 42 calendar days from the day of delivery, completely paid. If I have any complications, a doctor can keep me on sick leave beyond that (but this is pretty rare). If I want to take more than 6 weeks, I can use any personal leave time that I've accrued, and still take that as paid leave. I honestly have no idea how FMLA works for military, or if there are any options for taking additional unpaid leave time -- I haven't looked into it because it's not really an option for us based on our financial situation for me to take any unpaid leave.

*sparky* · February 2014

I work for a much larger company, but I think the benefits are pretty standard. We have an STD policy that will cover benefit-eligible employees for 100% of your salary for the standard 6 wks for vaginal delivery of 8 weeks for CS. Of course I am part-time and therefore do not qualify for STD.

We are also subject to the federal FMLA requirements so they have to offer 12 weeks unpaid leave in a 12-month period. The 12-week FMLA runs concurrent with the STD so the most time you get is 12 weeks (you don't get to take 6 wks STD and then 12 wks FMLA).

At my old company, you had to use all of your available vacation time while on FMLA before the unpaid portion began, so with that ML I had 6 wks STD, followed by 2 wks paid vacation, followed by 4 wks unpaid FMLA. What sucked about that was then you were left with zero days off for the rest of the year.

CapeStef08 · February 2014

My company has STD but only pays 60%, and there is no paid leave (we pay for health insurance while out, as well). I'm drafting an email to our new HR dept hoping for a review of the current policy.

dizzycooks · February 2014

I get 12 weeks FMLA but I'm a teacher so they do give us the chance to take the rest of the year off. It's all unpaid except whatever sick time you have. We can bank up to 6 weeks, but we get 2 weeks a year, it takes a while

especially if you already have kiddos. No STD unless you've purchased it privately, they don't offer it.

banks81 · February 2014

My company has the 12 week FMLA policy so I can take up to 12 weeks which involves paid and unpaid. As far as paid leave - they offer STD which is 60% of my salary for 6 weeks, which actually ends up paying for 5 weeks because there is a 5 business day waiting period. But we have the option to buy into additional STD at insurance election time. So I will actually get 90% of my pay for those 5 weeks. They pay out all PTO days when you go on leave as well. We also pay medical for the time we are out but I chose the option to have it deducted from paychecks prior to leaving.

VitaLuna · February 2014

I work for a hospital with ~2-3k employees. My position gets 6wks STD (at 60% pay), then 12wks standard unpaid FMLA.

ETA: in rare cases, you can extend your leave, but if you don't come back and don't have PTO donations to cover you staying out longer, then you're done. They don't hold jobs.

DiveFrog · February 2014

I work for a larger company. However, our benefits are similar to a lot of pp's.

We get 6 or 8 weeks STD at 100%. If you were to need time off for medical reasons prior to delivery, or for a longer period than normal after the birth that would also be covered at 100% up to 12 at 100% and up to an additional 3months at 75%.

We are entitiled to FMLA (12 weeks) and our company runs that consecutively to your STD time. You can also use your yearly vacation after any FMLA time to get some additional weeks at full pay.

For my leave I had 8 wks paid for C-section, took 4 FMLA weeks unpaid and then 4vacation weeks.

My company also offers extended leave options. You can take up to a year without pay and they will hold your position for you and can take up to 2 years off and you are assured a comparable position somewhere within the company upon your return. Now, I have never heard of anyone taking more than a year and returning. Most will take 6months-1year and come back to "their" position.

mae0111 · February 2014

I work for a large company (~15K employees) headquartered in MA. We get 6-8 weeks STD paid 60-100% based on length or service. In addition, we get 4 weeks paid maternity. We can take PTO after that.

jf198400 · February 2014

I was at a very large corporation when I had my kids and they offered 6 weeks full pay (8 for csection), and then you could take the rest of your time unpaid or use your vacation time. They held your job for 12 weeks. You could apply for a leave of absence to take more time off, but you weren't guaranteed a job to come back to. I wanted to do that for my 2nd ML, but there were budget cuts and I was afraid I wouldn't have a job to return to. I would not have been eligible for severance or unemployment.

My current company is midsize. They offer 6-8 weeks at 60% salary and you can take up to 12 weeks. I think they require you to use up your PTO before taking unpaid time, so that sucks.

FemShep · February 2014

With DD1 (national company, office in PA, 50k+ employees), we didn't have any "maternity leave". The company's STD policy covered 6 weeks for a vaginal delivery and 8 weeks for a c-section at 60% salary.

With DD2, (company with offices in MA, RI, MD, 400 employees), the company gave two weeks of "parent leave" at full pay to anyone who added to their family (parent of any gender, birth or adoption), and STD covered the rest of the leave, with 60% salary for 6 weeks for a vaginal delivery or 8 weeks for a c-section.

IdigDirt · February 2014

I work for a company with about 20 people. I (I say I because they don't have a written policy and change it for different people) was allowed to take 6 weeks. It was paid 60% by the state of NJ, not my company. I was told they would not hold my job more than 6 weeks and because we don't have 50 people I was not eligible for FMLA.

rubber_chicken · February 2014

CapeStef08 said:

What is your company's maternity policy? I work for a larger company, about 600 employees globally headquartered in MA, so hoping to find out other policies of companies comparable in size. Thanks!

I'm in a similar situation, working for a tech company. New parents can take 12 weeks off through FMLA.

In terms of pay, we have a new parent benefit, which is 4 weeks of 60% pay for both moms and dads. In addition, if you give birth, you're eligible for 6 weeks (vaginal) or 8 weeks (csec) of 60% pay through STD.

And finally, any PTO you have saved up will be used to make up your salary (even if you'd rather save it). Between my csection and 5 year bank of sick days, I was able to take the entire 12 weeks of fully paid.

itsmevkb · February 2014

I work for the federal government (so HUGE) and we get no paid leave and no short term disability. Basically, you can take 12 weeks under FMLA, and some or all of that could be paid if you have saved up leave time to take, otherwise it would all be unpaid.

IrishTraveler · February 2014

My company offers 12 weeks of fully paid leave and another four weeks at partial pay.

kelliskoviraWed244758 · February 2014

Mine was 12 week Fmla and I got 60% disability for 8 weeks due to c section; I collected from my AFLAC policy to make up the difference.

FrodaBaggins · February 2014

My company's not quite that big, but I get 12 weeks off. 6 are fully paid. I'm expected to use a combo of PTO and unpaid leave for the remaining 6. I also might end up working from home for the last 2 at a reduced salary. We'll see!

VegasGal1978 · February 2014

I also work for a large company in MA. I took 12 weeks under the FMLA, 10 of which were paid by my company or my STD. All 12 weeks would have been paid if I had a c-section.

caycelee · February 2014

My company maternity leave policy is exactly the same and it sucks (Mass standard STD & FMLA). I wish they paid SOMETHING or at least let you roll over as much time as possible but only 2 week is allowed unless you are due before March, then you can roll over up to 120 hours.

Cooper81 · February 2014

itsmevkb said:

I work for the federal government (so HUGE) and we get no paid leave and no short term disability. Basically, you can take 12 weeks under FMLA, and some or all of that could be paid if you have saved up leave time to take, otherwise it would all be unpaid.

same, I'm a fed, we do not have STD as an option. If you get any income during your time off (covered by the FMLA) it comes from your own leave. When I hear people complain they "only get 60% of my pay waaaah" it's hard to muster up any sympathy.

jess9802 · February 2014

I work for a small law firm with 22 employees, so too small for FMLA or our state medical leave. I believe I am the only pregnant employee they have had in 59 years. I was offered four weeks leave at 100% pay, four weeks leave at 50% pay, and then four weeks at no pay. The firm continued to pay 100% of my benefits, including 401k contribution and health insurance premiums. I opted to take eight weeks off. No STD policy available.

Now that I'm a partner the length of a subsequent maternity leave would pretty much be at my discretion, and my salary would continue to be what it is now - a percentage of my collections. Eight weeks is a lot of time to miss in terms of billables and collections, and at least with DS what I realized is that the ramp down before the baby was born and the first few weeks back from leave weren't terribly productive. So...we'll cross that bridge when we get to it.

theredofhead · March 2014

I work for a large company (>10K) in MA… We have to use one week of PTO and then we get 7 weeks of STD. AFter that, we have the option to use up to 4 additional weeks of PTO.

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