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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]

More and more companies (although sadly far from all) are making their parental leave policies gender neutral. That's the case at both my and my husband's offices - his office offers 12 weeks paid, for men and women, and he took all of it. My office offers 9 weeks paid, for men and women, and I took all of it, plus three weeks of sick/vacation leave, so we each had 12 weeks paid.

FMLA, or the Family and Medical Leave act was passed during the Clinton administration and has been amended and expanded a bit since then. Basically, it gives you 12 weeks of job protection, for men and women, upon the birth of a child (among other reasons) assuming you've been with the company for at least a year, and the company has more than a certain number of people (originally I think it was 100 or even 200 people, now I think it's 20 or 50, don't remember exactly). This federally-mandated leave, however, does not have to be paid. Offering paid leave, like our companies do, is just an added benefit that a fair number of white-collar offices include. [/quote]

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