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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Mine made me do it and I'm a fed (although I've heard other agencies don't require this?!). It sucks. It means you are stuck working Christmas Eve and never can take a vacation because you're down to zero annual leave when you return from mat leave.

Dh is currently burnt out and begging for a vacation as he has 400 some hours of annual leave, but I have none. I asked to take LWOP for vacation time, but was denied. I'm burnt out too. [/quote]

Why didn’t your husband take leave to stay home with baby and let you return to work sooner? That’s what we did. [/quote]

PP here. My DH did take 6 weeks and then 4 weeks after I returned to work. I still would have had to use LWOP though and not have any annual leave to return to work.

I'm not complaining about using LWOP. I don't mine not getting paid for my maternity leave. What I mind is the inability to take a few days off around holidays, weddings or other family things. I came back to work in the middle of November and couldn't take off around Thanksgiving or Christmas. [/quote]

So wait, you used all your leave as well as the full 12 weeks of FMLA? Why didn't you stay home for 8 weeks, then your husband stays home for 8 weeks, and then you would have 4 weeks in reserved FMLA (you have 1 year to use it) for other events like holidays, daycare closures? When there is such disparity in leave, I'm not sure why you didn't shift more of the burden on DH.  Even just working half days (because I know pumping and such can be a pain), could have really extended your available time off for "life"[/quote]

I don't have the option of splitting FMLA. I used 12 weeks straight (about 3/4 was unpaid, the rest was my annual and sick leave). I don't have the option to work half days. What I want was to not use my annual leave during maternity leave and just take maternity leave unpaid. [/quote]

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