Planning Your Maternity Leave
Posted in Policies & Procedures
There are certain facts to consider regarding maternity and paternity leave. As it is based on every legislative code concerning what an employee is entitled for in such a circumstance. Below are few tips on how you can take and prepare for a maternity and paternity leave.
Be aware of your company contract. You should have enough knowledge of the supposed vacation leave will be covered. (Note that an employee has to have been employed for about 52 consecutive weeks before they can be entitled to a maternity or paternity leave.)
Decide if you you want to get a time off before the due date or continue working up until the due date. For the latter, it would mean that from your workplace, you will be rushed to the hospital. However, if you wanted to have enough preparation upon the arrival of the big day, then you should consider plans concerning the first tip.
Know the time you take the leave up to the time you return back from work. This will ensure how much is left of your finances and will prevent certain unwanted situations running low on budget.
Be very careful of your health so as to avoid miscarriage, which generally happens in the first three month period of your pregnancy. As much as possible, inform everyone in the company, including your boss, about the leave that you have to take. It is a standard rule that you give your employer/boss a four weeks' notice before taking a maternity or paternity leave.
You create plans concerning the time that you return to work. It is recommended that you talk it over with your boss as this will give him information on what you are requesting should this particular day arrive. That is, whether you would want to be given a part-time schedule upon return or a different schedule that you think will work for you. Such a decision depends totally on what you want.
know the matters stated in the Pregnancy Discrimination Act. It empowers women rights that they should not be fired, refused a job or not given a promotion due to the simple fact that they are pregnant.
