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[quote=Anonymous]The handbook that someone linked to here was really helpful for me. there are some examples at the end. what stood out for me was:

Tip:Since sick leave and FMLA leave are two separate entitlements, an employee does not need to invoke FMLA to use sick leave for her period of recovery from childbirth.  She can use 6-8 weeks of sick leave for recovery from childbirth, then later invoke FMLA to bond with her baby.

So, I used 6 weeks of sick leave for recover from childbirth. Then I invoked FMLA for 12 weeks so had 18 weeks. FMLA was a mixture of AL and LWOP.

What is buried in this handbook is its policy about holidays during leave/FMLA. We are entitled to holidays, BUT, only if either the day before or day after is a day in pay status. So i made sure that day before/after labor day, columbus day, etc was an AL day so I got paid for those days. Those holidays did not come out of my 480 hours of FMLA allowance. So when I went back to work and decided I needed to stay home one day a week to be with my baby, I had about 5 days worth' of FMLA left that I used, because those holidays occurred during my 12 weeks of leave.

But, it sounds like you have a ton of leave. Whatever you do, make sure you keep some for after your return. You may want to ease back into work (not jump back into full time), and you will need to take time off if your child is going to daycare for sick days. [/quote]

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