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re: Maternity leave in the USA...
Posted on 4/15/16 at 9:55 am to lsupride87
Posted on 4/15/16 at 9:55 am to lsupride87
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Vaginal is 6 weeks
This is the typical recovery time for all of my hoes as well.
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Posted on 4/15/16 at 9:57 am to slackster
quote:Yeah, that's where I got confused. I had to break out the calculator to make sure the pay was the same
Either two weeks 100% and 8 weeks 60% or 5 weeks 100% and 3 weeks 60%, assuming 8 weeks STD.
Posted on 4/15/16 at 9:57 am to slackster
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Yeah it just depends on the field. If you provide STD and 2 weeks vacation you're going to be competitive with your benefits
that's the point though. We are seeing a shift. Companies are having to adjust their model on maternity leave to stay competitive. I'd be willing to bet this conversation would be much different if we were having it in 2026.
Completely agree on the field though.
You gotta understand my perspective a little too, since you provided yours. I am in a position where I basically head up a team. Well, co-head up a team. 90% of my team of service staff are women who have specialized/niched and are absolutely invaluable to our book of business retention and growth. If my boss were to tell one of them that they had 2 weeks vacation and then use their STD, they'd have a new job before he made it back to his desk. I have to fight off head hunters like the plague.
For some perspective, the average working life for each woman on my team probably comes out to 15-18 years. And that's because we added some new hires. I've seen first hand how if you just let them be mothers and be with their child, it is good for everyone.
Posted on 4/15/16 at 9:57 am to slackster
quote:and you are doing the math wrong still
Regardless, the pay is the same. Either two weeks 100% and 8 weeks 60% or 5 weeks 100% and 3 weeks 60%, assuming 8 weeks STD.
Baby is born.
Your disabilty starts that day.
Lets assume you have vaginal, that means you have 6 weeks from that day of 60% pay. Lets assume somehow you dont have a waiting poeriod, which is EXTREMELY RARE.
Lets also assume you have 80 hours vacation
So first two weeks you get 100%
Next two weeks you get 100%
Next two weeks you get 80%
After that, 6 weeks of nothing
Posted on 4/15/16 at 9:59 am to Black n Gold
Posted on 4/15/16 at 10:00 am to ForeverLSU02
quote:Dont count on slacks numbers
ForeverLSU02
Most likely your wife will get this
first 2 weeks- 100% pay
Next 4 weeks- 60% pay
Next 6 weeks- nothing
That is what is standard. I just dont want you to be caught off guard
Posted on 4/15/16 at 10:01 am to lsupride87
I don't know shite about any of this. I'm gonna force my wife to go talk to HR soon to figure out what in the frick is exactly going on
Posted on 4/15/16 at 10:02 am to ForeverLSU02
quote:Most likely HR wont know shite
I don't know shite about any of this. I'm gonna force my wife to go talk to HR soon to figure out what in the frick is exactly going on
You will have to call the holder of the STD policyPosted on 4/15/16 at 10:03 am to ForeverLSU02
I am going to show this post to my fiance, because she tends to freak out. They really do tend to work themselves out. Be sure to let us know if it's a boy or a girl. When is she due? You may have said already, sorry.
They really do tend to work themselves out. Be sure to let us know if it's a boy or a girl. When is she due? You may have said already, sorry. 
Posted on 4/15/16 at 10:03 am to cuyahoga tiger
My wife got three weeks off
Posted on 4/15/16 at 10:04 am to lsupride87
I do know that after her 5 years with the company she'll get 100% paid maternity leave for 4 weeks and then her personal vacation after that. That will be nice for baby #2
Posted on 4/15/16 at 10:05 am to ForeverLSU02
quote:Right. That is from her company and not STD.
I do know that after her 5 years with the company she'll get 100% paid maternity leave for 4 weeks and then her personal vacation after that
Posted on 4/15/16 at 10:06 am to Winkface
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I'll have to say I'm surprised and glad to see the generally positive outlook on maternity leave in this thread. Yeah, you had your stupid comments but overall it seems that most people here support paid maternity leave. I'm shocked.
Right? Warms the cold cockles of my heart. :)
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All in all, if you work for a company with means (Progressive obviously falls into this) then we can assume the folks who built that company or are in hiring positions are smarter than the hard dicks on this board. It's common knowledge that good benefits and a comfortable working environment=loyal employees. Not to mention you get the pick of the litter in the talent pool.
Not to mention if a company is creative and flexible, they could actually BENEFIT from thinking outside the M-F, 8-5, we-are-your-overlords box. Like I mentioned before, I work from home part-time for the same company I previously worked for full time, in office. After 7 years I turned in my notice to stay home with my oldest (who was 3 years old at the time, Sandy Hook had a huge impact on my parenting trajectory) and my company came back with the WFH, PT offer.
I work on average 3-4 hours a day and do just about the same amount of work that I was previously doing in 8 hours because I don't have all the distractions and interruptions that I did in office. I can take on a lot of easy but time consuming projects that people in the office can't do because I have a flexible schedule and I'm not hindered with 8-5 time frame or wasting a couple of hours a day commuting. So they are actually getting the same amount of work, if not more, at half the price. And I'm actually coming out ahead working PT than I was FT because I'm not paying for childcare, gas, and outsourced chores (cooking, cleaning, ironing, lawn care, etc). I'll also have the time to develop my own business and hopefully get that off the ground by the time my youngest is in school. Win-win.
Posted on 4/15/16 at 10:06 am to cas4t
Due September 9. Going to dr next week for ultrasound and we should be able to find out the sex then. However, we've decided to wait and not find out. But from my previous post, you can clearly see that we're not very good at waiting. Next week should be interesting 
Posted on 4/15/16 at 10:07 am to lsupride87
Yep. I have no clue how STD works. I never plan on using it myself God willing 
Posted on 4/15/16 at 10:08 am to ForeverLSU02
Word of advise... don't listen to the grandmothers. You can spoil a baby.
Posted on 4/15/16 at 10:10 am to Black n Gold
They're chomping at the bit. Maybe they should start contributing to the nursery renovation fund since they were so anxious to have their first grandchild
Posted on 4/15/16 at 10:18 am to SECdragonmaster
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Sounds like your daughter is lucky to have a job where she can be gone for 12 weeks and not affect the companies productivity.
She should do her best to hold on to that job.
She is likely not doing ANY work at all for them.
It is a very unpopular opinion to have but I agree with you. I am a small business owner and only have one female employee in the office who is done with kids. But if I hired another woman when she retires to run the office and she needed 3 months off a few times over a five years, how am I supposed to deal with that? I know what they say I am supposed to do but I can't shut down my business for 3 months a year and it isn't fair to bring in someone to replace her and train them to do the job and then tell them to beat it when the original woman is ready to come back.
Posted on 4/15/16 at 10:20 am to lsu xman
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disability insurance(pays about 60%
I believe it's different per state. Here in NYC, my wife got $100/week for disability, and 8 weeks, since her office was too small to qualify for FMLA. She's a lawyer FWIW.
Posted on 4/15/16 at 10:21 am to cuyahoga tiger
If that is what that company is comfortable doing, then great. In no way should the government tell any business what benefits they can/can't offer.
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