I've got to ask - do you not get money in the states when you're out because of having a child?
Here, you have to take 6 weeks before and 4 months afters the birth of your child off. During that time you are payed your full income. After 4 months, you have the choice of staying home until 12 months after birth and recieving a % of your paycheck. (min. 300€, max. 1800€ a month).
Here, you have to take 6 weeks before and 4 months afters the birth of your child off. During that time you are payed your full income. After 4 months, you have the choice of staying home until 12 months after birth and recieving a % of your paycheck. (min. 300€, max. 1800€ a month).
The Family and Medical Leave Act, which was passed in 1993, applies to companies that employ 50 or more people within a 75-mile radius of the workplace. It says that if you have been employed for at least one year by the company you now work for, and work at least 25 hours a week, you can take up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave in any 12-month period for the birth of your baby. All 12 weeks of maternity leave can be taken at the same time or they can be broken up over the course of the year before or after the birth of your baby. Under this law, you must be restored to an equivalent position with equal benefits when you return. (A loophole in this law says this doesn't apply to employees in the top 10 percent compensation bracket.) You can find more detailed information at the FMLA website (www.do.gov/dol/esa/fmla.htm).
Federal laws set the minimum on what you must be allowed if you work for a middleto large-sized company. But your state laws or company policies might offer even more. For example, some states provide disability insurance if you have to leave work because of pregnancy or birth. Some companies offer paid maternity leaves. It's up to you to find out what you're entitled to. Consult the personnel director of your company's human resources department about company policy. And contact your state labor office for state laws regarding pregnancy.
Federal laws set the minimum on what you must be allowed if you work for a middleto large-sized company. But your state laws or company policies might offer even more. For example, some states provide disability insurance if you have to leave work because of pregnancy or birth. Some companies offer paid maternity leaves. It's up to you to find out what you're entitled to. Consult the personnel director of your company's human resources department about company policy. And contact your state labor office for state laws regarding pregnancy.