Maternity Leave Benefits

Still Need Coffee · February 2012

I'm taking an informal poll since I can't figure out how to create one on the forum

How does your organization handle maternity leave?
a. We provide paid maternity leave
b. Maternity leave is unpaid
c. We offer partial pay during maternity leave
d. We pay for short term disability for our employees
e. Other (please describe!)

Also, does anyone have any stats on the percentage of businesses that offer paid maternity leave?

cnghr · February 2012

Ours is a combination of options B & D. Since we are covered by FMLA, most maternity leaves fall under that, but if the employee doesn't qualify yet for FMLA we still offer six weeks of unpaid maternity leave, and if they are enrolled in our short-term disability plan, they can collect that during their leave.

ACU Frank · February 2012

Ours would be B and D as well.

Celeste Blackburn SPHR · February 2012

I'm not sure about our maternity leave but I wanted to chime in about how to create a poll. It's easy to miss.

When you are creating a post, under the box where you write your text, there are several smaller boxes under "Additional Options." The next to last one is "Post a poll."

After you have written the main part of your post, you scroll down and click the box next to "Yes, post a poll in this thread." Then, under that line is a box where you fill in how many poll options you'll need.

Then, you scroll down a little and click the "Submit New Thread" box -- before you've actually made your poll -- so it's counterintuitive (at least for me). From there, you will be taken to a screen where you can fill in your poll options.

I'm going to post this in the help section, too, for prosperity.

Back to your regularly scheduled program . . .

Dutch2 · February 2012

Same here - falls under FMLA. Our ee's can use their sick time and/or vacation time to cover missed days until their STD starts on day 31.

joannie · February 2012

Unpaid leave, unless ee is eligible for FMLA then they must use any accrued leave in conjunction with.

Still Need Coffee · February 2012

[QUOTE=Celeste Blackburn;723647]I'm not sure about our maternity leave but I wanted to chime in about how to create a poll. It's easy to miss.

When you are creating a post, under the box where you write your text, there are several smaller boxes under "Additional Options." The next to last one is "Post a poll."

[/QUOTE]

In my Additional Options area, I only have the following:
Show Your Signature
Automatically parse links in text
Disable emoticons in text
Attach files
Thread subscription notification type

Perhaps mine is set up differently????

sonny · February 2012

what Dutch said, but we don't have STD

Celeste Blackburn SPHR · February 2012

Coffee --
I'll check with our IT dept and see what the difference is.

mooref_sutterhealth_org · February 2012

We pay STD benefits for benefit eligible positions (FT/PT) and unpaid for non benefit eligible EE's

Sharon McKnight SPHR · February 2012

[quote=mooref@sutterhealth.org;723667]We pay STD benefits for benefit eligible positions (FT/PT) and unpaid for non benefit eligible EE's[/quote]

Your first post! Welcome to the Forum. :welcome:

Sharon

Celeste Blackburn SPHR · February 2012

Coffee,
Just heard back from IT. Permissions have been adjusted so that everyone can start a poll now.
Celeste

Still Need Coffee · March 2012

YAY!! I love a good poll. Be prepared for the deluge.

Maternity Leave Benefits

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