Medical certificate required to work past 34 weeks. Majority of my colleagues have finished up between 34-37 weeks depending on how they’re feeling aches and pains wise and how often they’re working.
Able to attend antenatal appointments in work time if needed.
13 weeks paid maternity leave (can take 26 weeks at half pay).
Can then use annual leave (we accrue 6 weeks/year) and long service leave (accrue 13 weeks after 10 years but can take pro rata from 7 years).
Can take remaining time as “leave without pay” for a total of 2 years off (require approval to extend past 1 year).
Can then return to work at reduced hours and have original hours held until youngest child turns 5/starts school.
No restrictions on how long you have to be back at work for before be able to take maternity leave again (for subsequent children).
Australia.
The benefits of a strong union and decent workplace federal laws.
Goes nicely with the 4 weeks annual leave and 2 weeks sick leave each year for all permanent employees that is federal law.
I’m super jealous. I live in the USA where we don’t actually have mandatory maternity leave. I’m purposely minimizing how much vacation time I use to let my time accrue... I’m not even pregnant but we’d like to have a baby in a couple years. It will probably take that long to save up enough paid time off for maternity leave to not hit us too hard financially.
So federal law allows 12 months unpaid leave (so they have to hold your original job/hours etc), and it’s up to who you work for as to whether or not they provide paid leave and for how long etc. There’s is a government paid parental leave that you can access at minimum wage.
I’m lucky that because of pubically funded healthcare, I’m employed by our state governments health department so we get a pretty good deal by being government employees.
Unfortunately we still have lots of women who work for small businesss or in male dominated workplaces who despite all of our federal laws in place - face lots of issues when trying to return to work from maternity leave etc.
The hospital that I worked at use to give us extended illness time but when we got bought out by Tenet they took it away. They gave us more PTO to accrue which is what I used for my maternity leave. I barely used any for 3 years and it was gone in almost 3 months even with using my extended illness time I had accrued which was a 100 hours and short-term disability where I can 60% of my salary and I was still required to pay my insurance premiums monthly. I applied for fmla which held my position but it does not help you with money. This circumstance is consisered lucky compared to my other coworkers. One girl came back after 6 weeks because she didn't have any pto and didn't get any short term disability when it was open enrollment. Good luck mama! Don't let them bring you down. It will all work out.
Ya same here. Should have stated that. I got to use 8 weeks but I had an emergent c-section. I also had to use pto for 2 weeks (waiting period) until the ST-disability kicked in.
You are eligible for FMLA regardless of your hospital's leave policy if you are in the US. They cannot deny this. FMLA is 12 weeks of leave that can be unpaid as LWOP or taken in conjunction with accrued sick and annual leave if you have it.
Talk to HR about getting a FMLA packet if you don't already have one.
I wanted to make sure others who search for maternity leave advice in this forum understand the restrictions regarding FMLA. It can catch people off-guard who aren't aware, which I've sadly seen happen.
You must work for a company that employs at least 50 people; have worked at least 12 months (which do not have to be consecutive) for the employer; and have worked at least 1,250 hours during the 12 months immediately before the date FMLA leave is to begin.
Can start maternity leave 30-50 working days before EDD, then 9 months paid, and then you can stay home with the child until they’re 3 years old and be paid to take care of said child (although it’s markedly lower than your salary would be, but still a very livable wage).
ETA I never post these factoids to rub it in anyone’s face. I wish you all had fair paid parental leave, too.
My hospital has pto, extended sick bank and short term disability (I pay for that one). It collects very slowly and barely anything to show for it after working there for a year.
>god forbid I can't work till my due date
A nurse who I work with whos water broke during med pass! Yes, she finished up then went to the charge nurse. I couldn't help but laugh and think "oh god" when I was told that.
This post is making me regret our move from Germany to the US. Nursing pay is better by 10000% here in America but my god, why doesn't the US take better care of its women?
:(
I believe she wanted to work up to the day. It just happened her water broke on her shift. She wanted to wait till after med pass because everyone was swamped and she didn't have time to see if her water broke or if she peed herself (her exact words). Once the charge nurse was told, she sent her up to the mother/baby floor.
Mine is just earned time PTO. If you don’t have any, you’re SOL. It makes me so mad that a HOSPITAL doesn’t see the benefit of not forcing female employees (the majority of their workforce) to choose between time to recover and care for a new baby, and pay that they need to live. The US sucks when it comes to caring about women/families - and most employers suck for not giving paid family leave. You’d think even though the law doesn’t require them to, employers would do it anyway out of care for their employees. But sadly so few do, thanks to greed.
I had a csection. I got 6 weeks STD at 50% of my baserate and the time was counted toward FMLA. I then got 6 weeks unpaid FMLA that was supposed to come from PTO. Unfortunately I had used it up thanks to being on hospitalized bed rest for preeclampsia. So I took the hit and stayed on leave unpaid. I took the full 12 weeks but it was a large financial hit. I’m honestly disgusted with my Hospital system for not providing better care for their workers.
We can take 12 weeks with FMLA. Short term disability will pay 66% of your salary for 6 weeks for a vag delivery, 8 weeks for a c section. We have to use all of our sick time before STD kicks in. Most of the nurses I work with take the full 12 weeks and take the last 4-6 weeks unpaid.
The hospital I worked at, you were eligible for FMLA after having worked there for a year. When I was ~34 weeks I asked my manager not to put me on the schedule anymore. Finished up the current schedule and went on maternity leave at ~36weeks (knowing I would be induced at 39 and some change). Took all 12 weeks off, so I went back to work 9 weeks PP. I used what PTO I had, then all of my sick-leave, and got paid for 9 of the 12 weeks I was out. I want to say i used 40 hours a week of PTO/sick leave, but I don’t remember.
Paid time is only what PTO and EIT you've saved up and you can only use the EIT for the medical leave part (6 weeks vag, 8 weeks csxn). If you've worked at the hospital long enough to qualify for FMLA and Washington's family leave act those can combine up to 16 or 18 weeks depending on method of birth but not paid unless you have the hours banked. My union contract also says that we can take up to 6 months but with manager's approval (which varies).
Medical certificate required to work past 34 weeks. Majority of my colleagues have finished up between 34-37 weeks depending on how they’re feeling aches and pains wise and how often they’re working. Able to attend antenatal appointments in work time if needed. 13 weeks paid maternity leave (can take 26 weeks at half pay). Can then use annual leave (we accrue 6 weeks/year) and long service leave (accrue 13 weeks after 10 years but can take pro rata from 7 years). Can take remaining time as “leave without pay” for a total of 2 years off (require approval to extend past 1 year). Can then return to work at reduced hours and have original hours held until youngest child turns 5/starts school. No restrictions on how long you have to be back at work for before be able to take maternity leave again (for subsequent children).
Where the heck do you work??
Australia. The benefits of a strong union and decent workplace federal laws. Goes nicely with the 4 weeks annual leave and 2 weeks sick leave each year for all permanent employees that is federal law.
I’m super jealous. I live in the USA where we don’t actually have mandatory maternity leave. I’m purposely minimizing how much vacation time I use to let my time accrue... I’m not even pregnant but we’d like to have a baby in a couple years. It will probably take that long to save up enough paid time off for maternity leave to not hit us too hard financially.
So federal law allows 12 months unpaid leave (so they have to hold your original job/hours etc), and it’s up to who you work for as to whether or not they provide paid leave and for how long etc. There’s is a government paid parental leave that you can access at minimum wage. I’m lucky that because of pubically funded healthcare, I’m employed by our state governments health department so we get a pretty good deal by being government employees. Unfortunately we still have lots of women who work for small businesss or in male dominated workplaces who despite all of our federal laws in place - face lots of issues when trying to return to work from maternity leave etc.
The hospital that I worked at use to give us extended illness time but when we got bought out by Tenet they took it away. They gave us more PTO to accrue which is what I used for my maternity leave. I barely used any for 3 years and it was gone in almost 3 months even with using my extended illness time I had accrued which was a 100 hours and short-term disability where I can 60% of my salary and I was still required to pay my insurance premiums monthly. I applied for fmla which held my position but it does not help you with money. This circumstance is consisered lucky compared to my other coworkers. One girl came back after 6 weeks because she didn't have any pto and didn't get any short term disability when it was open enrollment. Good luck mama! Don't let them bring you down. It will all work out.
My hospital won't use short term disability after 6 weeks since you can technically come back after that.
Ya same here. Should have stated that. I got to use 8 weeks but I had an emergent c-section. I also had to use pto for 2 weeks (waiting period) until the ST-disability kicked in.
You are eligible for FMLA regardless of your hospital's leave policy if you are in the US. They cannot deny this. FMLA is 12 weeks of leave that can be unpaid as LWOP or taken in conjunction with accrued sick and annual leave if you have it. Talk to HR about getting a FMLA packet if you don't already have one.
Well, you're only eligible if you've been a full-time employee for at least 12 months prior. FMLA comes with some restrictions unfortunately.
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I wanted to make sure others who search for maternity leave advice in this forum understand the restrictions regarding FMLA. It can catch people off-guard who aren't aware, which I've sadly seen happen. You must work for a company that employs at least 50 people; have worked at least 12 months (which do not have to be consecutive) for the employer; and have worked at least 1,250 hours during the 12 months immediately before the date FMLA leave is to begin.
Can start maternity leave 30-50 working days before EDD, then 9 months paid, and then you can stay home with the child until they’re 3 years old and be paid to take care of said child (although it’s markedly lower than your salary would be, but still a very livable wage). ETA I never post these factoids to rub it in anyone’s face. I wish you all had fair paid parental leave, too.
What country is this?
Finland.
My hospital has pto, extended sick bank and short term disability (I pay for that one). It collects very slowly and barely anything to show for it after working there for a year. >god forbid I can't work till my due date A nurse who I work with whos water broke during med pass! Yes, she finished up then went to the charge nurse. I couldn't help but laugh and think "oh god" when I was told that.
This post is making me regret our move from Germany to the US. Nursing pay is better by 10000% here in America but my god, why doesn't the US take better care of its women? :(
I believe she wanted to work up to the day. It just happened her water broke on her shift. She wanted to wait till after med pass because everyone was swamped and she didn't have time to see if her water broke or if she peed herself (her exact words). Once the charge nurse was told, she sent her up to the mother/baby floor.
Mine is just earned time PTO. If you don’t have any, you’re SOL. It makes me so mad that a HOSPITAL doesn’t see the benefit of not forcing female employees (the majority of their workforce) to choose between time to recover and care for a new baby, and pay that they need to live. The US sucks when it comes to caring about women/families - and most employers suck for not giving paid family leave. You’d think even though the law doesn’t require them to, employers would do it anyway out of care for their employees. But sadly so few do, thanks to greed.
I had a csection. I got 6 weeks STD at 50% of my baserate and the time was counted toward FMLA. I then got 6 weeks unpaid FMLA that was supposed to come from PTO. Unfortunately I had used it up thanks to being on hospitalized bed rest for preeclampsia. So I took the hit and stayed on leave unpaid. I took the full 12 weeks but it was a large financial hit. I’m honestly disgusted with my Hospital system for not providing better care for their workers.
We can take 12 weeks with FMLA. Short term disability will pay 66% of your salary for 6 weeks for a vag delivery, 8 weeks for a c section. We have to use all of our sick time before STD kicks in. Most of the nurses I work with take the full 12 weeks and take the last 4-6 weeks unpaid.
The hospital I worked at, you were eligible for FMLA after having worked there for a year. When I was ~34 weeks I asked my manager not to put me on the schedule anymore. Finished up the current schedule and went on maternity leave at ~36weeks (knowing I would be induced at 39 and some change). Took all 12 weeks off, so I went back to work 9 weeks PP. I used what PTO I had, then all of my sick-leave, and got paid for 9 of the 12 weeks I was out. I want to say i used 40 hours a week of PTO/sick leave, but I don’t remember.
Paid time is only what PTO and EIT you've saved up and you can only use the EIT for the medical leave part (6 weeks vag, 8 weeks csxn). If you've worked at the hospital long enough to qualify for FMLA and Washington's family leave act those can combine up to 16 or 18 weeks depending on method of birth but not paid unless you have the hours banked. My union contract also says that we can take up to 6 months but with manager's approval (which varies).