Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-24304025-20141104180604/@comment-24769579-20141111124607

Utter solitude wrote: There are some employers that are generous, but typically your time off is unpaid. FMLA also requires that you use any vacation or sick time that you have. A girl I work with just had a baby. She hasn't worked at my employer long enough to qualify for leave. She'll be allowed back whenever, but in most situations, all she would get is her job held for her for a "reasonable" amount of time, which would be up to 12 weeks. It's better than nothing, but it's pretty terrible. Whoa. In Aus it can be anywhere from 6 weeks to over a year (paid for most of it, I think)