I am not certain of the law, but I know that the leave act only applies to
companies above a certain number of employees, and then it's only 12 weeks
unpaid leave. As a postdoc, I had a child and had 4 weeks paid leave- not
nearly enough time really, and we couldn't afford unpaid leave...I know some of
my friends have had 3 months of with a large chunk of that paid.
I would look to bigger companies to have better policies (if that is an
option...)
Sandra Burridge wrote:
> Does anyone know of any resource that lists the maternity options for women
> given by biotech companies. I was recently told at an interview in the Bay
> Area that I would receive 6 weeks unpaid leave. I thought were was a family
> leave act?.
> Companies do not include this information on the employee benefits pages on
> their web sites or does it count as short term disability. I hope things are
> not as dismal as they seem or I do have to move back to the UK to receive
> paid maternity leave and a company crèche?
>> Sandra
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Dr. Paula J. Schlax
Department of Chemistry
Bates College
Lewiston ME 04240
"There's nothing the matter with his mind. He just
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