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Jul 7th, 2008, 19:41 PM
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I'm really quite pissed. I kept thinking all this time that the company I work for provided 3 months paid maternity leave. Well in reviewing my benefits this morning, I found out that it's 3 months UNPAID. Is this typical in the U.S.? Or do my benefits just SUCK?!?!?!?!  |
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Jul 7th, 2008, 20:57 PM
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I'm Currently Feeling:  | mmmmmmmmmm im in the uk and we get 6 months so i think that sounds a bit little tbh , tho im not in the us so im unsure
I hope u get better news |
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Jul 7th, 2008, 21:17 PM
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I'm Currently Feeling: | Well in talking with hubby, apparently it's typical - I guess I was just expecting too much! He gets one month paid paternity leave, so at least he'll be getting some money for the month he takes off... |
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Jul 7th, 2008, 21:35 PM
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I'm Currently Feeling:  | God that's awful. Where I live in ex-communist land we get 2 years paid maternity. I thought America was supposed to be a great country?  |
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I'm Currently Feeling: | It is frustrating.. In speaking with my stepmother from Hungary (my dad is from Hungary as well), she says that most women there can take up to two years off and come back to their jobs! If I took off more than the 12 weeks, they likely wouldn't hold my job.
We make a decent living together, but just wish I could be a full time stay at home mom and take care of our future baby. Right now I don't think it's financially possible, but hopefully one of these days!  |
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Originally Posted by magicvw  God that's awful. Where I live in ex-communist land we get 2 years paid maternity. I thought America was supposed to be a great country? | Yes this is exactly what my stepmother from Hungary told me! Like you say America is supposed to be great, but when it comes to the healthcare situation, we're being seriously shafted! |
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Originally Posted by Jewels I'm really quite pissed. I kept thinking all this time that the company I work for provided 3 months paid maternity leave. Well in reviewing my benefits this morning, I found out that it's 3 months UNPAID. Is this typical in the U.S.? Or do my benefits just SUCK?!?!?!?! | Yeah Jewels I think's it typical. You get 12 weeks under FMLA but it is unpaid. But you should be able to use your sick time and vacation time during that time. Also, you should be able to file for short term disability, which is about $170 a week. |
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Originally Posted by magicvw God that's awful. Where I live in ex-communist land we get 2 years paid maternity.
I thought America was supposed to be a great country? | Oh, don't even get me started!!!
2 years paid?!?!?!?!?! OH MY!!!! Nope, just 12 weeks unpaid here but you can use sick, vacation and disability. I think you get 8 weeks for a vaginal delivery and 12 for a C-section - but you CAN be out for up to 6 months (unpaid of course) and still have your position secure. |
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