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[quote=Anonymous]OP -- if you met your billable hour requirement for the year (NOT the pro rated requirement), then you are absolutely right to be suspect and should approach your boss as the PP outlined.  But if you only met the pro rated requirement, that's probably why you didn't get a bonus.  Pro rated hours don't mean that you "met" the yearly requirement -- it just tells the firm how productive you were before/after your leave.  Maternity leave is not supposed to be something that gets used against you, but as many of us who have BTDT know, it often does.  As you probably know, our profession is generally not family-friendly and I'm not sure your experience would be any different at most other firms.  That doesn't mean you shouldn't say something anyway if it really bothers you -- ask the questions and get as much info as you can about their rationale.

That said, it sounds like you expected to receive a bonus, which is a bit surprising to me if you didn't meet your hours requirement.  When I went out on maternity leave, I didn't expect a bonus or raise that year because I wasn't able to be out for almost 3 months and still meet my billable hour requirement for the year.  I worked my butt off for the months I was in the office (and prior to that year, I was consistently one of the top-billing attorneys in the office), but it's hard to bill enough to make up that time.  I am not going to get into whether all of this is fair or unfair -- I'm just giving you another perspective (albeit one that is jaded and cynical) from someone who has been in your shoes.[/quote]

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