None for me since I work for myself.
What about you?
None for me since I work for myself.
What about you?
eggplant / 11824 posts
6 weeks @ 100% of pay.
I will have 3 weeks of banked vacation time that I will use after that, too – so I’ll be out 8-9 weeks paid, but only 6 will be from maternity pay.
wonderful pear / 26210 posts
I had 7 months at 100% pay. I also accrued vacation time, so I was paid for an additional 10 days when I decided not to return.
cherry / 207 posts
6 weeks paid of which I had to use 2 pre- delivery cos I was on hospital bed rest and 6 weeks @ 60%. Nothing after that
grapefruit / 4049 posts
As an RN in New York i was only able to use accrued sick and vacation time while away. The rest was unpaid. With one hospital they let me stay home as long as 6 months before returning and with the other hospital, just 12 weeks. Story would be totally different in NJ or CA though as I believe those states pay 2/3 salary for some amount of time.
GOLD / wonderful olive / 19030 posts
We get 1 week paid vacation as a "gift" otherwise we have to use our paid time off. I'll have 4 weeks paid 100%, otherwise the other 8 weeks will not be covered.
pear / 1728 posts
I got 12 weeks excluding any additional vacation or personal time I could have used. the STD people tried to deny me my last 4 weeks, but ym doctor and my employer fought for me and they finally paid it out (12 weeks AFTER Id gone back to work. pathetic)
coconut / 8234 posts
We can take 3 months paid or unpaid (depending on how much vacation/sick time you have). I'm taking the full 3 months--6 weeks of it is short-term disability (it would be 8 if I end up needing a C-section) and the rest is sick and vacation days--but I have plenty of time as I have 30 vacation days and 60 sick days
grapefruit / 4056 posts
I am in Canada - so we get 52 weeks at either 55% of pay, or $485 per week (whichever is the lesser amount).
persimmon / 1465 posts
Wow - no benefits?
I had 14 weeks @ full pay, which I took as 28 weeks half pay. The govt parental leave scheme then kicked in - 18 weeks at the minimum wage, ummm I think about $500/week.
grapefruit / 4400 posts
I'm taking off 15 weeks total, with full and partial pay. 3 weeks vacation, 6 weeks state disability, and 6 weeks California Family Care leave. Vacation is 100% pay, the other two are 66.67%.
cantaloupe / 6146 posts
None! Got pregnant too soon after my new job. BUT they are finding a temp worker so I can have my job back after! Sweet, aren't they? (There are only 9 employees, so that's a really big deal).
blogger / pineapple / 12381 posts
First time, I got 3 months paid, 1 month unpaid. This time I got a big fat ZERO!
hostess / wonderful apple seed / 16729 posts
If I stay with my current job, I'll get 12 weeks of paid maternity leave. I'm hoping I can stick it out for the next year.
olive / 65 posts
I'm not expecting, but good ole Uncle Sam does not provide paid maternity leave. The Family Medical Leave act allows three months maternity leave. However, if I want a paycheck, I have to use a combination of accrued sick and annual leave. I've been working for over six years and just accumulated enough time to cover maternity leave.
So much for great government benefits....
nectarine / 2797 posts
12 weeks unpaid. I can use sick and vacation time until I run out..probably will be able to get through 6 or 7 weeks with that.
blogger / pineapple / 12381 posts
I should say that my work does offer up to 12 weeks at 90% pay after you've used your paid leave. Sweet deal if your work can tolerate you being gone for 12 weeks!
blogger / apricot / 427 posts
I work for a school system which has always given me really good benefits! I assumed maternity leave would be the same. However, I can have up to 12 weeks off - unpaid. Fortunately I will have enough sick & vacation time (fingers crossed) saved up to be able to take 8 of those weeks off paid. I'm unsure as to what I'll do after that. Was kind of disappointed until I see the number of women who get no maternity leave at all...should be criminal.
pomegranate / 3388 posts
I'm taking 13 weeks off (assuming baby arrives on her due date). 10 of those weeks are accrued sick time and vacation PTO. The extra weeks will be on my short-term disability plan at 70% pay. We don't get any "official" maternity leave beyond FMLA.
grapefruit / 4291 posts
I'm due in early October and I'm aiming to work through til mid-September. By the time I finish up, I'll have about four weeks of vacation time, fourteen weeks of parental leave paid for by the government (paid at about 60% of my salary) and if my Midwife puts me on bed rest any earlier I also have about 20 days of sick leave available.
hostess / wonderful persimmon / 25556 posts
I get no paid maternity leave at my company. I will use PTO, which will get me to the short term disability that I am paying for out of each paycheck. That pays for 4 weeks, at 80% pay. After that, I have to use up all of my PTO again and then take unpaid leave. Blah.
cherry / 116 posts
Also in Canada. My work also topped up my maternity leave for the first 6 weeks of my leave to 100%. I was quite grateful for that.
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22646 posts
3 months paid at 100% (6 weeks standard maternity leave + 6 weeks basic/supplemental short-term disability) I will hopefully have most of my vacation days/sick time to add on top of top of that to make it just short of 4 months... then I can take up to a year at 60-80% depending on the reason. I'll only be taking the 4 months spare medical reasons.
hostess / wonderful grape / 20803 posts
I get 8 weeks 100% paid maternity leave and can tack on any accrued unused vacation - so, I will have a total of 9 weeks fully paid. I can take up to 26 total weeks off, however. I plan to take about 18 weeks off, so it will be 1/2 paid and 1/2 unpaid.
GOLD / papaya / 10206 posts
I get 6-8 weeks at full pay (depending on how I deliver) and then 44 weeks at 55% of my current salary.
blogger / watermelon / 14218 posts
none I was unemployed when I had RJ, doing part time jobs which I just had to stop. For the next, if my current job situation doesn't change, I will have none again-- and no guarantee that my job will be held, since I'm a part time (32 hrs/week) contractor.
cherry / 230 posts
52 weeks at 55% with the first two weeks being a waiting period... so 50 weeks technically. But since my leave application didn't go through until about 3 weeks after I was off, I'll have been off for a total of 55 weeks by the time I go back, if I go back there.
kiwi / 545 posts
I get 6 week for a vaginal birth or 8 weeks for a c-section at 66% of whatever I made the last 3 months. So, I am planning on only taking about 8-9 weeks and using my week of vacation. I'm nervous about finances, but I know we will find a way to make it work!
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