Those are your choices, made by you to have the life you CHOSE.  Why is that
the fault of your employer to pay for that?   Leave time I can see.  Paid
leave time ??????   Did you boss ask you to have the baby or did you decide
to have a baby.     Flex time great.  work from home great.   Pay you to
stay home because you choose to have a baby????? No way.      I think that
we should have sociallized medicine.  I think oil and energy should be
regulated and not traded as open commodities.  I think that if you get extra
paid time off because you made a life choice then every single person or non
parent should get the SAME AMOUNT OF PERSONAL TIME.   Of course I am the
person that everytime the smokers took a break to go smoke I went with them
because if they get a smoke break every 2 hours (smoking is the most
addictive thing on the planet 80-90% addiction rate heroin is 50%) Then I
should get the same break.   I was almost fired.  Not the smokers though.
So WHAT THE HELL.  You are not entitled to be paid for your choice or I am
entitled to the same amount of extra leave and pay.  I will take either
though.   The planet is over populated anyway and have a baby is just about
totally irresponsible.  But you probably think a hybrid car will save us all
too.  http://www.environmentnc.com/?p=71  Sorry to go so far off track as I
totally believe that there are really people out there that need our help
and my money WAY MORE then someone  WHO CHOOSES to have a baby.   Should I
pay for you off time or take that same money and give it to a batterned
woman;s shelter.   I would rather give that money to abused people who;s
lives have been shatered not by their choice.   There is only so much and it
has be to spent wisely.  Personally I am giving my money to people who have
had their lives affected not of their own volition.   Would I give you time
off to have your baby  OH HELL YES.  Will I pay you  while I pay someone
else to do your job until you return  NO.

On Jan 11, 2008 1:48 PM, <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>
> I am pretty sure that the United States does not require paid maternity
> leave for anyone, regardless of your employer.
>
> See this fact sheet:
> http://www.dol.gov/esa/regs/compliance/whd/whdfs28.pdf
>
> On a personal note, I just took maternity leave over the summer, and was
> able to cobble enough sick and vacation time together that I only had about
> $500 worth of unpaid leave at the end. Although now I have very few vacation
> or sick days, which is a little difficult with an infant at home!
>
> I would encourage anyone considering having children, pregnant, or with
> children to request above the minimum required by law for family leave.
> While I didn't have any paid leave, I was able to negotiate a flexible
> schedule for when I returned, which allows me to work at home 2 days of the
> week for 9 months. The more people ask for it, the more employers will feel
> obliged to offer it!
>
> I believe it is a travesty that the US does not require any paid family
> leave--maybe a new occupant of the White House will change that!
>
> Good luck to all of you struggling with these issues from someone who's
> been there! I'd be happy to talk more with anyone interested off-list.
>
> Best,
> Sara
>
> Sara Hignite, Chief Registrar
> Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum
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