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Re: Maternity Leave question--head is spinning--maybe one of
Posted by me too on 5/08/08
After your allotted time off after delivery if your doctor
okays you to return to work you will then not be paid for any
additional time you take off. This falls under FMLA. If your
doctor extends your disability for additional "pain" or "post
pardum depression" then you will continue to be able to use
your sick days and supplemental disability insurance to
continue being paid. You will not be able to directly ask your
doctor for more time but most will assess your vague complains
and give additional time off. Mine just kept asking if I was
ready to go back. When I said no he asked me to come back in
two weeks. I stayed out an additional 6 weeks past my c-section
this way with pay. He diagnosed post pardum but we both knew
that wasn't really the case. He does however need to be able to
write it down for disability insurance claims that way. You
will not get any state disability like everyone else does. Hope
this helps. You will really need to discuss the specifics of
your contract with your district office personal dept.On
5/08/08, wren wrote:
> Hi,
>
> CONGRATS! I was on a maternity leave this fall. I was off
> until November. Your school may have something in your
> contract that is different from mine, but at my school, I
> was able to use my sick and personal days and get paid for
> those days. That was over a month worth of days. However,
> once I exhausted those days, I was on my own. Schools are
> not required to pay anything during a leave. I do not think
> most do. I am sure that your school has a policy as to how
> much time you can take before the school will no longer pay
> your benefits. Our school pays the benefits as long as you
> do not miss more than 6o days of school (the sick days did
> not count as missed days). You may want to look into
> seniority issues in your building too. At our school, if
> you miss more than 45 days, it does not count as a full year
> toward accruing seniority. Hope this helps!
>
>
>
>
> On 5/08/08, can help! wrote:
>> I remember some posts not too long ago about Maternity
>> leave, but I wasn't paying much attention, so I apologize
>> if this is a repeat. I'll be taking leave next year, and
>> I just talked with my superintendant today. He is SO
>> nice, and basically I can take as long as I want and still
>> have my job back. Off course, all that time won't be
>> paid. This is where I got totally confused (and it was
>> that type of confusion where you don't even really have a
>> good question to ask to get clarification, if you know
>> what I mean!)
>> Basically, I am trying to figure out how much PAID time
>> I get AND how much time I am entitled WITH my health
>> benefits. He talked a lot about FMLA. I know FMLA is not
>> paid time, but is it time that my company has to still
>> give me benefits (meaning, I do NOT have to pay a Cobra)?
>> Or do I have to pay for benefits from the company then?
>> Also, for some reason I thought there was a pretty
>> standard 6 week materntity leave where companies had to
>> pay at least part of a person's salary?? Am I totally off
>> on this. He just mentioned that I could use all my accum.
>> sick/vacation days for paid time. Nothing about a paid
>> materntiy leave--although he was very open in admitting
>> that he didn't understant it all either! I found
>> something on the internet that suggested it--Maternity
>> Protection Convention???
>> Sorry for all these questions. Is there anyone out
>> there who was on leave recently who could help clarify.
>> Basically, I am planning to take about 4 months
>> regardless. I am guaranteed my job back, so that is not
>> the issue. I am just trying to figure out how much of
>> that will be paid and how much of that I will be covered
>> by benefits (without having to pay for them). Goodness,
>> my head is just spinning!! Thanks for any help!!
Posts on this thread, including this one
- Maternity Leave question--head is spinning--maybe one of you, 5/08/08, by can help!.
- Re: Maternity Leave question--head is spinning--maybe one of, 5/08/08, by wren.
- Re: Maternity Leave question--head is spinning--maybe one of, 5/08/08, by becareful not to use ALL of your sick days....
- Re: Maternity Leave question--head is spinning--maybe one of, 5/08/08, by tchnkinVA.
- Re: Maternity Leave question--head is spinning--maybe one of, 5/08/08, by me too.
- Re: Maternity Leave question--head is spinning--maybe one of, 5/09/08, by Debi.
- Re: Maternity Leave question--head is spinning--maybe one of, 5/09/08, by treetoad.
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