Independent contractors: make sure you're truly an IC! If they ever dictate to you where you have to be, when you have to be there, or how to complete a project (rather than give you the end result they'd like and letting you figure it out), you may have a case that you are actually an employee of the company. Might be worth looking into.
Independent contractors: make sure you're truly an IC! If they ever dictate to you where you have to be, when you have to be there, or how to complete a project (rather than give you the end result they'd like and letting you figure it out), you may have a case that you are actually an employee of the company. Might be worth looking into.
Thanks, I'm truly an IC here. I've been waiting for years to be picked up for FT w benefits but unfortunately if it doesn't happen by the time this baby comes I'm pretty positive I won't return.
Super excited! I was denied Christmas leave due to lack of seniority. Our family is all the way across the country so that meant not seeing them again for the holidays. This year they will be coming to us and it will be awesome!
Contractor here, too. By choice. (I like the freedom of it.) Will be trying to save up as much as I can to take off for as long as possible! I'll hopefully be able to do some limited hours from home before going back in to the office if this baby is chill.
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This is my first official post to the November 15 birth club I am also a nurse and pretty excited about the holiday reprieve!! I am due the Tuesday before Thanksgiving and this baby is my first. I'm pretty excited and so thankful to have all these forums to ask questions and share where no question is a "dumb question" and there seems to be no such thing as TMI. So thanks for sharing and best wishes to everyone
I was able to take FMLA for 12 weeks and Family Leave Act for another 6 weeks for a total of 18 weeks off for two of my pregnancies (although it was only paid through how much leave I had accrued). I didn't even know about Family Leave Act at first so check it out to see if you qualify.
Is anyone familiar with a guide/tip list/best practices for planning your maternity leave?a contractor will be filling in during my maternity leave, and I'm finding it difficult to put on paper all of my responsibilities. Would love to hear your thoughts and tips if you've done this before.
On the topic of maternity leave...
Is anyone familiar with a guide/tip list/best practices for planning your maternity leave?a contractor will be filling in during my maternity leave, and I'm finding it difficult to put on paper all of my responsibilities. Would love to hear your thoughts and tips if you've done this before.
I'm going through this, too. We're hiring a temp to cover me, and they want me to list all of my responsibilities. I was able to list my day-to-day stuff, but I work in Payroll/HR so it's not that simple. I would just keep a notepad next to you at work, and jot down what you do each day. Then take some time aside to draft that into a daily checklist with basic instructions. That's what I'm doing. I'm hoping they hire the temp before I leave, so she can shadow me for a little while.
Is anyone familiar with a guide/tip list/best practices for planning your maternity leave?a contractor will be filling in during my maternity leave, and I'm finding it difficult to put on paper all of my responsibilities. Would love to hear your thoughts and tips if you've done this before.
I'm going through this, too. We're hiring a temp to cover me, and they want me to list all of my responsibilities. I was able to list my day-to-day stuff, but I work in Payroll/HR so it's not that simple. I would just keep a notepad next to you at work, and jot down what you do each day. Then take some time aside to draft that into a daily checklist with basic instructions. That's what I'm doing. I'm hoping they hire the temp before I leave, so she can shadow me for a little while.
Good idea! I've just been putting items into a word doc as I think of them. I work in public relations, so it's also not simple to list everything, since it's not a cut and dry job function. I like your suggestion to turn the list into a daily checklist with instructions.
I also do not plan to be checking work email during maternity leave, so I will be deleting everything that comes into my inbox and will need the temp to fill me in on anything important that happened in the time I was out.
I'm an independent contractor as well....no STD or any time off. Whatever I take off I will not get paid at all. Not sure what I'm going to do yet
I'm expected to use any vacation time at the start of my leave, and I only have one week. So yeah, I'm in basically the same boat. The six weeks I'm planning does cover Thanksgiving, but not Christmas and New Year.
There's no way anyone can cover my job so I'm going to take calls and log in while at home to answer emails and do some work. Still happy I'll be home sand have time to spend w family this holiday season though! 3 months quasi off seemed a little short last time but I was also getting stir crazy. With two boys under 2, I think I'll be okay to return to work after the 3 months! Being at home is a much harder job!
I have no actual maternity leave just STD. So I can only afford the 6 weeks my MD will sign off on. I'm excited to be off for Christmas time but it's also stressful not having my full income and a new baby at holidays when money is needed most.
I work for a very small non-profit. I am the only one who does or knows how to do my job. I am not taking any leave, and my way cool boss has rearranged my office so little one can come to work with me. I will be cutting back on office time - but there is no way I can take an extended leave. I like what I do, and I know my work matters, but sometimes I am SOOOO jealous of those who get a leave!!!
I work for a very small non-profit. I am the only one who does or knows how to do my job. I am not taking any leave, and my way cool boss has rearranged my office so little one can come to work with me. I will be cutting back on office time - but there is no way I can take an extended leave. I like what I do, and I know my work matters, but sometimes I am SOOOO jealous of those who get a leave!!!
I certainly feel like things are going to get sticky without me at work. I'm not the only one who can do my job, but I'm definitely the most seasoned and professional person doing what I do at my place of employment. We are perfectly staffed for the moment, but we have yet to hire somebody new to get trained and take on my hours when I go. I'm actually in unofficial talks for a promotion, but I think they're
going to hold off until I come back (I know that's technically
discrimination, but I don't know how to bring it up). The two managers are fine, professionally speaking, but we just reopened from a full renovation and they have both been very busy getting loose ends tied up with that. We recently got a virus on one of our computers, too, so we may actually be losing a front desk employee or two due to personal computer use and winding up understaffed with just over a month before I go... I have so many mixed feelings about work right now, to tell the truth, I don't even know if leave will be relaxing or not. :-S
People at work joke about me planning to have a baby during the holidays every other year so I'll get to be off... It happened like that in 2013, but I had my daughter just 2 weeks before Christmas! I'm pretty excited to get Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years off this year!!!
Funny thing is when DH and I started trying we agreed to avoid a holiday delivery. But still ended up due 2 days before thanksgiving. ..so clearly we kinda sucked at planning. This is the first holiday season I'll be off in years and in my type of work I always have to work at least 2 major holidays per year. Excited!
I, sadly, work in fast food, and though the holiday season isn't terrible (closed thanksgiving and Christmas day), I don't have any paid vacation, sick leave or a real maternity leave. Any time I take off is unpaid. However, I won't have to pay rent while I'm on maternity leave, and I won't have to make it up later, so I'm taking 8 weeks so I can have the entire holiday season off.
I can't wait I have not had the holidays off in 6 years just a little bitter sweet that next year when baby is 1 I'm going to have to work at least 2 holidays
We hired someone, he has been shadowing me as much as possible, but it will definitely be an adjustment for everyone when I am out. Luckily it is a quiet period of the year. I should be back when it gets crazy again
People asked me if I was worried he would replace me and take my job... maybe. Maybe not. It may not be a bad thing if I have less responsibilities so I can go home earlier and have more time for my LO.
Re: maternity leave over holidays
Is anyone familiar with a guide/tip list/best practices for planning your maternity leave?a contractor will be filling in during my maternity leave, and I'm finding it difficult to put on paper all of my responsibilities. Would love to hear your thoughts and tips if you've done this before.
Good idea! I've just been putting items into a word doc as I think of them. I work in public relations, so it's also not simple to list everything, since it's not a cut and dry job function. I like your suggestion to turn the list into a daily checklist with instructions.
I also do not plan to be checking work email during maternity leave, so I will be deleting everything that comes into my inbox and will need the temp to fill me in on anything important that happened in the time I was out.