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Originally Posted by desertgrandma
Dang, great company to work for!  (I'll chalk it up to yo being ill.......  ) |
Make that 21 years
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Originally Posted by Sparrow
Do firms in the US offer any form of paid maternity/parental leave?
According to Wikipedia "Five countries in the world do not offer some form of paid parental leave - Australia, the United States, Liberia, Swaziland, and Papua New Guinea."
I'm wondering if it's available from employers if not from the state. |
Not many US companies provide paid maternity leave. They are forced to provide FMLA if the company is big enough to qualify, but that only guarantees that a job (not necessarily your current job) will be available when you return after a max of 16 wks. Vacation and/or sick time must be used if the mother wants to be paid during that time off.
My coworkers work until they go into labor, so that they can afford to be home with the new baby for as long as possible.