I have to fill out one form for HR to apply for leave. Then I do a big matrix of the matters I'm working on, status, personnel involved, etc. and keep it updated until I go out. I started getting that together at about 30-32wks.
No and I worked for a fortune 100 company. There was no specific maternity leave plan, just a bunch of different benefits cobbled together that I could take advantage of. It worked out well in the end, but I felt like if they wanted, they could have screwed me.
Re: Do you have to give your employer a written maternity leave plan?
This. As for any sort of maternity leave plan, my officemate sketched out something on our white board with hypothetical dates.
yes, and they also ask that my doctor call them to update them on my "condition" HELLOOOO i'm having a baby. not getting a limb removed.
DD -- 5YO
DS -- 3YO