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Travel back in the CorporetteMoms time capsule… Here’s what was on our minds in previous years.
One year ago…
- Framing The Idea of “Work” With Your Kids (Or, the “Mommy Needs to Work” Discussion)
- Registry Guide: Big Toys and Gear
Two years ago…
FMLA/Leave Question says
My employee manual says: “All paid leave runs concurrently with FMLA leave.” Does this mean if I take paid vacation for maternity leave for X number of weeks, that I loose X number of weeks of FMLA eligibility? I.e. if I take 4 weeks of paid time off after baby is born, I only have eight weeks of FMLA left?
Anonymous says
Yes, FMLA is just job protection for qualifying reasons; it doesn’t put any obligation on your employer to pay you during that time off. Your employer can require you to use PTO for any time you take off if that’s their policy. You aren’t losing eligibility, it’s just two different things.
Agree with Anonymous says
Just to confirm what anonymous said: FMLA basically means they can’t fire you for being out. It does NOT mean that they pay you. It’s little more than job protection. Whether you want to get paid (ie use leave) during that is up to you, but if you don’t use leave you are not paid. FMLA just means they basically have to approve the leave and can’t fire you for it (vs if you just said “hey I want to use 5 weeks of paid leave to go on vacation… where they wouldn’t have to agree because it’s not protected)