Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ttidcc.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!ttidca!ttidcc!regard From: regard@ttidcc.UUCP (Adrienne Regard) Newsgroups: net.women Subject: whose watching the kids Message-ID: <651@ttidcc.UUCP> Date: Wed, 7-Aug-85 17:29:52 EDT Article-I.D.: ttidcc.651 Posted: Wed Aug 7 17:29:52 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 10-Aug-85 23:26:15 EDT Organization: TTI, Santa Monica, CA. Lines: 29 Ross Greenberg >>"disability". This was changed, and now maternity leave is a benefit. >>Certainly pregancy is not a disability, but the benefit of >>maternity leave comes with a certain cost. Moira Mallison >Is this really true? As I posted before, there is no "maternity >leave" as such here at Tek. There is a short term *disability* >available for a period of about six weeks; it is under the same >terms as elective surgery: the woman is expected to return to >work when the physician certifies that she is physically capable. >Is this significantly different from other large corporations? At the company I work for, "maternity leave" is treated as any other "disability leave". Short term, up to 6 weeks, the doctor must verify your availability to return to work, and your job must be held for that period. You don't automatically get 6 weeks -- that's the max. If your doctor says o.k., you can be back on the job the day after. It is not a "benefit". If you suffer severe health problems from child-birth, you may end up on extended disability, similar to suffering an extensive disability as a result of injury/illness. I don't believe the company is obliged to hold your job. Personal leave is also available (as Moira noted), but it's terms are the same for men or women -- unpaid, and they don't have to hold your job, though they typically agree to for a 2 month period. This may differ state to state. Adrienne Regard