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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sorry so digress here, but I have no experience with FMLA. My kids are in their late 20’s. When I had each of them, my DH took a week of vacation and then he was back to work and he traveled each week. So it was bye, bye and good luck.  So, are you all government workers that receive this generous FMLA package or is FMLA a guaranteed right once a company employs a certain number of people? No doubt it is a great thing, but wondering how corporations manage up to 12 weeks without a employee for each child. Just fill me in on the basics. And, are you paid for this leave?[/quote]

It is the law under FMLA that any company over 50 employees (I think...) who have worked for a year have job protection to care for a newborn, regardless of gender. No it is not paid. Companies can chose to provide "paid" leave but usually that is less than FMLA. For example, im the PP and my husband had two weeks of paid leave via his job and then he took 10 weeks mixed sick leave, vacation, and unpaid. We did not care what the employer thought because frankly it was his right and our daughter would only be a newborn for this amount of time in our lives. Our careers are long. They figured it out and he is back now with no issues. [/quote]

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