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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These same MBs would jump at the offer of paid leave for themselves with employers of over 50 people, but would fight against legislation that extended to us. [/quote]

MB here.  I support DC's proposal for city funded maternity leave for everyone and would happily pay higher taxes for it.  I do not in any way begrudge nannies or anyone else maternity leave - as a mom, I get how important it is.  As I posted earlier on this thread, I offered my nanny as much time as she wanted provided she gave us a date up front so that we could arrange for interim care.  However as an individual employer, I cannot afford to pay a nanny for that time as well as pay another nanny at the same time.  In fact it was tight to double pay for even a couple of weeks as we ultimately did in that situation (and it's not the same as covering vacation or other PTO which tends to be more spread out and can be covered by families in a lot of ways). If this was a cost I had to factor into childcare (double paying childcare for weeks/months), I wouldn't be able to choose having a nanny - and I think a LOT of other families are in the same situation.  It's not apples to apples comparing large employers (many of whom also don't offer paid leave anyway) and individual families.[/quote]

That is a reasonable position. What is unreasonable are all of the posters on this thread acting as though a nanny is out of their minds or entitled to desire the same (measly) benefits that other women receive. I would be happy if we were simply afforded the same 12 weeks of job protection! No one was asking for months and months of paid leave. How about just not getting fired because we're pregnant. You know, the same rights women in every other industry have?[/quote]

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