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Maternity Leave Policy- What's yours?
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Anonymous
| Large Law firm associate. 12 weeks 100% paid and ability to take up to 24 weeks total. Any bedrest does not affect leave. Fathers get 4 weeks paid. Attorneys are very lucky in this respect. |
Anonymous
| Large company in DC, no maternity leave policy. Can use whatever annual/sick leave you have, or STD if you elected coverage when hired. Our annual leave is not carried over each fiscal year and they refused to let me rollover mine for maternity leave (exceptions are granted, but it is up to each department head whether they say yes or no; mine said no). Sick leave cannot be used in advance of accrual. So, I had 6 weeks of paid leave (combo of annual + sick), then 2 weeks of unpaid FMLA. I didn't want to use up all my FMLA in case I needed it within the next year. |
Anonymous
| I'm feeling extremely lucky after reading this! Large corporation (in Fortune 150). 10 weeks paid plus ability to use vacation afterwards to fill out your FMLA. With my first I took 12 weeks total and all were paid. Sick/personal days aren't really counted (just don't abuse them) so I can telework or take days off fairly easily for those inevitable daycare sick days, early doctor appointments, etc. Company hired a temp to cover for me while on leave so I literally didn't hear from work for 12 weeks other than the gift the company sent when the baby was born. |
Anonymous
| Feeling very fortunate right now. Non-profit based in VA, 6 weeks paid (@ 100%) maternity/paternity leave. Then I used vacation, sick, personal days, and worked from home to get to 16 weeks off fully paid. If I had accrued enough leave, could have taken the whole time off without working from home (or longer) although wouldn't have been comfortable doing that given my job responsibilities. |
Anonymous
| Small consulting firm (35 employees) based in VA. Offers FMLA protection (12wks) even though we don't have to. 6-8/wks STD at 60% pay depending on vaginal or c-section. The rest is a combo of PTO and LWOP. The partners are fabulous and in addition to being flexible with schedules/work from home, they often do a bonus around the same time as the leave starts. |
Anonymous
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Company: Association
Approx size of company: 5 employees Maternity leave policy: None, no STD. Can use sick leave and vacation leave, which are both generous. By the time I give birth I'll have 15 weeks of sick/vacation combined, so I will take almost 4 months off paid. |
Anonymous
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I'm fortunate to have six weeks paid and the ability to use vacation to cover the other 6 under FMLA.
I work for a publicly traded insurance co in Rockville, MD. The maternity benefit is available to employees after 1 yr of employment. |
Anonymous
| Big company you've heard of with major offices in other cities also (don't want to out it or myself). In unique staffing situation (different levels of staff here depending on when you started, seniority etc) so not sure if this applies to all. 12 weeks FMLA (job security etc). Within that, 6-8 wks @ 60% depending on delivery method, 3 weeks parental full paid, option to use sick/vacation (must use any vacation accrued up to that point). Will likely end up with 4 @ full pay, 6 @ 60%, 2 unpaid. Feel lucky seeing others here. |
Anonymous
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mid-size global corporation, business intelligence (energy sector). HQ in London, but the American HQ is in Texas. My office is in DC.
6 weeks half pay for vaginal birth 8 weeks half pay for C-section We get a lot of sick leave, so most people top that up to full pay by using sick days. We have enough employees to qualify for DC's 16 week FMLA (unpaid). The company also allows you to use vacation days accrued up to the point that you go on maternity leave to increase your paid leave time. (If the birth is supposed to happen in the first quarter of the year, you can also bank vacation days from the previous year.) Male employees get 3 days of fully-paid paternity leave, plus the 16 weeks of DCFMLA. I am lucky to work in the DC office - my Houston colleagues get no FMLA. We lose a lot of female employees in Texas when they have a child. |
Anonymous
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If you work for the Federal government in DC, can you take 16 weeks of FMLA (under DC law) or just the 12 weeks guaranteed to Federal employees?
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Anonymous
| Federal agency in DC - no STD, no paid leave. Can take 6/8 weeks of sick leave, depending on birth situation, and then LWOP or AL to fill the rest of your FMLA. Same for dads, I think. My agency is actually fairly generous - lots of women are able to work with their managers to take more than 12 weeks, arrange a p/t schedule, telework, etc. upon their return from maternity leave (these things are not generally available to regular employees at my agency). |
Anonymous
PP BigLaw staffer here. THIS. This is the kicker that doesn't really sink in until you've been back at work for a couple weeks and you start getting sick. My bosses are pretty understanding as they both have small children themselves, but it's becoming a problem. My husband does what he can, but his job is a lot more high pressure than mine and even splitting the time at home 50/50 still means that any vacation that I get this year will be unpaid because I spent my paid time off taking care of a sick baby. |
Anonymous
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Large hospital in DC, unsure of how many employees.
We do not get maternity leave, FMLA only. We can use STD for 6-8 weeks, depending on delivery, if we elected it in open season; STD kicks in after 2 weeks. Accrued sick and vacation time can be used to fill out the FMLA to the full 16 weeks in DC (feeling lucky about that but the rest of it is a little stinky!). FMLA policy applies for parents of either gender (although obviously only the moms can use STD). |
Anonymous
3 DAYS? |
Anonymous
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Large university in DC
5 weeks STD (regardless of birth type) paid at 100% salary this starts after 3 week waiting period during which you can you any accrued leave for a total of 8 weeks. After this part you can use any remaining accrued leave or LWOP for the remaining 8 weeks covered by FLMA My husband works for the government with a small office where the director extends an extremely generous 12 weeks fully paid! |