Am I understanding FMLA correctly?

[Anonymous]

The pay is a function of your paychecks. In my experience, it was a percentage of my pay, and my work complemented with the rest for maternity, or i covered with sick leave for other types of leave (Family/prenatal appts). FWIW, the people in the FMLA office has been extremely helpful if you give them a call, they can look at your case and explain better what is going on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am so confused. With DCFMLA does your check still come from your employer or do you need to specifically apply for that from DC DOES?

Is the pay $1,153 / week?

How do professionals actually survive on this at a time when they are spending even more $ than usual?

It's DCPFL-DC Paid Family Leave. The check comes from DC and you have to apply from DC DOES and yes the maximum amount is 1153.00 per week. Yes the amount is low for some, but I'd have given anything to have had access to it when I was having babies and it didn't exist.