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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm not sure what you mean by taking your FMLA leave and then the nine weeks of extra leave you have.  The way it works is that you take up to 6 or 8 weeks of your sick leave, and then you take whatever other amount of your accrued annual leave you want.  FMLA guarantees that you are allowed to take up to 12 weeks, not that you get 12 weeks of extra paid leave.  Also, if your office is fine with it, you can take more than 12 weeks, but again, FMLA doesn't give you any extra leave, just provides that your employer has to let you take 12 weeks (it doesn't even guarantee that you have to be paid for those weeks.  If you don't have enough paid leave, you can take unpaid leave, or there are rules now about borrowing against future leave--which I wouldn't recommend unless it's really necessary, because you'll want that leave with a kid).  [/quote]

FMLA does not automatically start when your baby is born though. FMLA needs to be invoked. Therefore if you have your baby and do 6 weeks you can THEN invoke FMLA and get an ADDITIONAL 12. [/quote]

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