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i think the root of this problem is that we expect women to be back working when they just had a child 8 weeks ago.
Who exactly is "we"? No one forces women to return to work. Each family makes that choice based on their own circumstances. You do what you need to do.
Who exactly is "we"? No one forces women to return to work. Each family makes that choice based on their own circumstances. You do what you need to do.
We is most likely the employer who needs a critical employee back to work or the employee who needs to get back to work because there is no money coming in.
i think the root of this problem is that we expect women to be back working when they just had a child 8 weeks ago.
That's not true. FMLA provides for 12 weeks. The issue here was going on short term disability before giving birth. That may or may not have eaten into her FMLA time. The company would have had to provide her with a written notice that her short term disability was being counted concurrent with her FMLA.
She seemed to think that her time to return to work was about 3 or 4 weeks later than the company informed her it was. My guess is she went out on short term disability, the company informed her this was being used concurrent with FMLA. For some reason she thought she was getting short term disability up until the birth and then switching to FMLA and had the full 12 weeks, which isn't the case.
If she remained on short term disability the entire time and was collecting a check, then she should count herself lucky that she was getting anything after the birth as she was no longer "disabled". The actual facts are unclear and this isn't the crux of her suit, but it makes sense to me that she was upset she had to return earlier than expected, but she didn't seem to be upset about collecting a check the whole time she was out.
How long is it reasonable to expect an employer to hold a job and continue to pay their share of your benefits?
That's not true. FMLA provides for 12 weeks. The issue here was going on short term disability before giving birth. That may or may not have eaten into her FMLA time. The company would have had to provide her with a written notice that her short term disability was being counted concurrent with her FMLA.
She seemed to think that her time to return to work was about 3 or 4 weeks later than the company informed her it was. My guess is she went out on short term disability, the company informed her this was being used concurrent with FMLA. For some reason she thought she was getting short term disability up until the birth and then switching to FMLA and had the full 12 weeks, which isn't the case.
If she remained on short term disability the entire time and was collecting a check, then she should count herself lucky that she was getting anything after the birth as she was no longer "disabled". The actual facts are unclear and this isn't the crux of her suit, but it makes sense to me that she was upset she had to return earlier than expected, but she didn't seem to be upset about collecting a check the whole time she was out.
How long is it reasonable to expect an employer to hold a job and continue to pay their share of your benefits?
Yeah, FMLA is so great. 12 weeks unpaid leave. How generous.
Every new mother and father should get a minimum of 6 months fully paid leave.
Yeah, FMLA is so great. 12 weeks unpaid leave. How generous.
Every new mother and father should get a minimum of 6 months fully paid leave.
Yeah, that'll work.
Let's see, there are about 100 million workers in the U.S. There are about 4 million births per year. So, that would mean that up to 8% of the workforce could be out on "family leave" at any given time. Great idea, but whose going to pay for that? Do you have any idea what that would do to our economy?
Let's see, there are about 100 million workers in the U.S. There are about 4 million births per year. So, that would mean that up to 8% of the workforce could be out on "family leave" at any given time. Great idea, but whose going to pay for that? Do you have any idea what that would do to our economy?
works fine in a lot of countries. it's a moral obligation in my opinion.
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