I was talking to a coworker about the fact that I will be docked vacation and sick time due to my maternity leave. I normally get 3 weeks vacation and 6 sick days per year, but when my anniversary rolls around in February, I will only get 63 hours of vacation, 25 hours of sick time and 3 floaters (the floater time didn’t change). This just sucks. On the one hand, it is wonderful that I got 3 months paid maternity leave, but on the other, it just sucks that it feels like they penalize you for taking that time off to be with your new family (or in the case of some coworkers, to take care of your broken leg or go through cancer treatments).
My coworker thinks that other businesses don’t have such a policy about docking time like this, but I would think it probably is the case so I thought I would ask others. What is it like where you work?
Seems reasonable to me that you don’t accrue vacation/sick time when you weren’t working. A bit miserly, but reasonable.
jbw
this seems to be pretty standard policy at all the jobs I’ve ever had…
sorry:(
this seems to be pretty standard policy at all the jobs I’ve ever had…
sorry:(
Most places I’ve worked don’t let you accrue vacation while out (sick leave, disability, maternity/paternity, etc.) I couldn’t say for sure whether this applies to a new fiscal year. That’s a little surprising to me, however you are very fortunate to have the 3 months paid maternity leave + enough other time to continue to get a salary for the entire time you were in the hospital and on leave. I’ve known people who’ve had trouble getting their jobs back after their *unpaid* time off, or who had to go back to work almost immediately after giving birth so that they could keep paying their bills.