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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Dear Larla--
Thanks for your email. The pictures you sent of Larlita are just precious. 
Unfortunately I cannot approve your request for vacation from August 1-14. As you know, we have to balance out the workload when one of us is on vacation. We already scheduled for others to take leave during that time. The best I can do is to approve Aug 1-7 with a return date of August 8th. We look forward to seeing you then. Please let me know what questions you might have and/or ways I can support your return.

Molly[/quote]

This seems like a good start.

Setting aside the debate about what's fair for paid leave etc, what rubs me the wrong way is [b]this woman is trying to tack on vacation at the last minute[/b]. The women I know who added on vacation to their paid maternity leave set this up well in advance before giving birth, so that they would not catch their employer off guard. [/quote]

I think this is the nub of the issue. Others have had to plan their own work and leave around one absent employee. It is unfair to extend her leave and disturb other's expectations. I bet that other staff have already put in their leave requests for the summer based on the expected date of return of the employee on maternity issue. [/quote]

[b]This is missing the big picture.  What's the cost to lose this employee?  Surely it is worth letting someone take vacation to take care of a newborn so that they remain an employee and continue working for the company.  [/b]Now maybe you don't value this employee?  If you don't then say no.

Fwiw this is why we need paid leave policies.  Op shouldn't be forced to make such an awful decision and the poor woman shouldn't be forced to return to work at 12 weeks in order to keep her job.  We need to stop having babies for men until this ridiculousness stops. [/quote]

The problem with your thinking is that you are only considering the employee on maternity leave.  There are other employees -- potentially parents -- that have to be considered. [/quote]

Right. Well every other developed country has figured out a way to address maternity leave and I'm sure we can too.  [/quote]

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