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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you don't have a nanny yet why are you worried about maternity leave ? Higher someone older then 40. Make it a rule that the nanny can not have relationships with men. Yes that is possible, she would be your employee and you control what she does if she wants to be your nanny.( have you thought about a live in nanny? They are much easier to control)  By having such rules you will eliminate party girls and you will find yourself a serious nanny who values her job and makes it her # 1 priorty.[/quote]

That is insane. MB here.

Anyway, the answer is no with the exception that there are always crazy people with special circumstances.

There is never paid leave. Even companies have to have a certain number of employees (can't remember, maybe it is 20) to be obligated to offer UNPAID leave. Even at my company that is often listed in "Best places to work" as well as the Federal Government, you usually get 6 weeks of paid leave only, not 3 month or anything like that. These are for the cushiest jobs. For nannies, the answer is no paid leave.

For unpaid leave, it is a very risky situation for the employer because mothers may decide to not come back to work. It is always a very emotional decision and there is never one universal best answer. People often decide to have their baby first, then decide if they want to continue working or not.

THEN, if a nanny decides to come back to work, what is she going to do with a newborn baby? Bring it back to work? Newborn babies are hard enough as it is to watch when you have no other kids. You can barely take care of yourself. So, how are you supposed to take care of a newborn baby, plus your charges, and do a good job enough to be paid for it?

It really doesn't make any sense.

But I would imagine that there may be some special situations where unpaid leave may be offered. Perhaps mom has a flexible job and wants to play SAH mom for 2-3 months. Maybe there is a family member who can take over but not permanently and they are reasonably sure that the nanny would come back. Or, maybe they think of as "I have to do a nanny search now, or in 3 months. I'll give the benefit of the doubt to the nanny and just put off nanny search for 3 months since I can arrange temporary childcare easily."

Why are you asking if you don't even have a nanny yet? 
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Federal gov gives you ZERO paid maternity leave. I'm pregnant. I will be using two weeks of vacation + sick I've accumulated over the 1.5 years. I can get 16 wks of unpaid leave under the FMLA because the gov has more than x number of employees and that's the law. Isn't it shocking even the gov doesn't give paid mat leave?[/quote]

It is shocking thst you would expect the taxpayer to subsidize YOUR CHOICE to procreate.[/quote]

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