Maternity leave when not covered by FMLA?

Hi all - I started a new job 1 month ago (actually the first day of my LMP - I'm convinced that getting rid of the awfulness of my old job let me conceive), so will not be there for 1 year before giving birth. Therefore, I won't be covered under FMLA.

Right now, my job offers no paid maternity leave anyway - just the FMLA leave for after a year.

Have any of you been/are any of you in this situation? If so, how did you handle it at work?

Maternity leave when not covered by FMLA?

Due to the size of my office, I was not covered by FMLA. I took time without pay. My company was ok with that.
If you had private STD before getting pregnant that will cover pay.

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It will be up to your company what their policy is.

Maternity leave when not covered by FMLA?

i don't have STD and i don't know what the policy would be, since i just started. i'm just trying to figure out the best way to handle it :-/

Re: Maternity leave when not covered by FMLA?

Since you're only 4 weeks, I wouldn't worry about it. You have at least 2 months before you'll tell them anyway. And once you do, HR will tell you what you're entitled to.

Maternity leave when not covered by FMLA?

I get std so I will just be taking the 6 weeks. I have no PTO left to use so can't extend my leave. I would still think you are entitled to the 6 or 8 weeks for recovery just not paid.

Maternity leave when not covered by FMLA?

You'll get STD...6 weeks vaginal, 8 weeks c-section.

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You are entitled to 6-8 weeks of STD which I believe is $150-$200 a week (I'm not exactly sure, my cousin said she got less than $1000 back for her 6 week STD earlier this year)

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Re: Maternity leave when not covered by FMLA?

I gave birth 2 months after starting a new job. There was no paid maternity leave. ..you had to use personal, sick and vacation time. Since I just started I hadn't acrued any of that. They upfronted me 1 week of vacation time that I had to "pay" back by acruing it ( I was in the negative on vacation time that I had to build back up over time). After that 1 week I was unpaid. I took only 6 weeks off as that was all we could afford with me unpaid.
State disability was less than $200 a week after taxes. Horrible.

Just so you know FMLA is not paid leave. ..it just states they have to hold your job(or an equivalent job) for you for 6 weeks (or 8 weeks for a C section) but you still have to use your own leave time for that period. So even if you qualified for it, it wouldn't help with being paid.

Message edited 10/13/2016 2:24:01 PM.