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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Let her have the time off.

it sounds like the problem is that she mentioned using her vacation time, 
would you feel the same way if it was unpaid leave? In that case, would she still need the same type of approval as vacation? Can you hire someone temporarily until she returns?

Also,  have you ever had a Baby? [/quote]

Responses like this are so clueless. Where is the line? She already got FAR more than most women get even at big companies, let alone at a small company. What if she wanted 6 months off?

Have you ever had a baby is sucj an insulting question. This is about business, not creating a social safety net for new mothers. [/quote]

Then what big company?  As a professional, most companies offer 12 weeks now.  I've been in banking, finance and law.  I now work at a nonprofit and we even give 12 weeks.  It's a crapshoot.  Women in the US work less than in other developed countries.  We need women to grow the economy.  One of the reasons women work less is b/c in the US has such poor maternity leave policies.  It was literally on the WSJ podcast today.

Now, when my employees come back, I don't want to hear about child care issues.  I really don't.  I give the time needed upfront, but my expectation is that when you are back, you are back.[/quote]

You live and work in a bubble.  [/quote]

I work at a big law firm in DC.  I got zero paid leave.[/quote]

This can't possibly be true. Or at least it's not really big law.  I had 18 weeks paid.  I know others who got more. [/quote]

My BigLaw firm offered 16 weeks paid, but you had to have worked there a year for the benefit, at least when I took mine.  I would be surprised that a large law firm offered zero leave to someone who met a minimum service requirement, unless there was an HR offering but lawyers were discouraged from taking it and threatened with a career hit.[/quote]

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